CMS issued its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) Proposed Rule for 2017 (the “Proposed Rule”) on July 6, 2016. The Proposed Rule will be published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2016. One highly-anticipated...more
7/13/2016
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comment Period ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
MPFS ,
Off-Campus Departments ,
OPPS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 340B
A bill amending the “site neutrality” limitations brought by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was introduced in the House of Representatives last week and passed out of committee yesterday. H.R. 5273, the...more
Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was initially passed to cut payments to hospital departments in order to provide funding to lift the Federal debt ceiling, increase domestic spending in Fiscal Year 2016, and...more
The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act (P. L. 114-74) included a provision that will significantly alter the future of hospital-based outpatient care.
The provision, Section 603, will exclude from Medicare’s...more
Legislation being drafted as part of a budget deal between members of Congress and the White House includes language that will significantly alter the future of hospital-based outpatient care. The “discussion draft” of the...more
10/30/2015
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Federal Budget ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
MedPAC ,
OIG ,
OPPS ,
Pending Legislation ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Reimbursements