Becker's Healthcare July 10, 2024
CMS on July 10 shared a proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule that would update payments by 2.6%.
The proposed rule will have a 60-day comment period ending Sept. 9, and the final rule will be issued in November.
Seven things to know:
1. CMS is proposing an updated outpatient prospective payment system rates for hospitals meeting applicable quality reporting requirements by 2.6%. That decision is based on a projected market basket percentage increase of 3% and reduced by a 0.4% point productivity adjustment.
2. The proposed rule would also keep the existing rate structure with two intensive outpatient program ambulatory payment classifications — one for days with three services per day...
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