Healthcare policies designed to boost competition between hospital outpatient departments and physician offices could actually end up harming hospitals during one of the worst financial crises to hit...
CMS has released the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) final rule for 2021 in an effort to give Medicare beneficiaries more choices around surgical...
Medicare outpatient payments are slated to increase by 2.6 percent next year, a $7.5 billion boost compared to 2020, according the proposed 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...
HHS acted within its statutory authority when it implemented hospital site-neutral payments to reduce rising levels of outpatient care provided at off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs),...
Hospital stakeholders filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging HHS’ most recent attempt to implement site-neutral payments for certain outpatient services rendered in hospital settings.
Contending...
