Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
The AHA appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2020.
A federal judge yesterday ruled in favor of the AHA and hospital organizations saying that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services exceeded its statutory authority when it reduced payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered…
Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 requires that, with the exception of emergency
department (ED) services,1 services furnished in off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) that began
billing under the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) on or after Nov. 2, 2015 (referred…
Order from Judge Collyer, ordering plaintiffs to show cause by August 23 why the related cases should not be consolidated for purposes of her decision.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 29 released the calendar year 2020 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule.