Becker's Healthcare September 8, 2023
The American Hospital Association, which represents 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations, has submitted a letter to CMS commenting on its proposed hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system rules for calendar year 2024.
For calendar year 2024, CMS has proposed an update of 3 percent less a productivity adjustment of 0.2 percentage points for ASCs. The AHA has “strong concerns about this inadequate update, especially when taken together with the underwhelming market basket increases from calendar year 2022 and 2023,” according to the Sept. 8 letter.
The AHA believes proposed changes do not capture the current inflationary environment or the financial headwinds health systems are facing. It also does not...
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