On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Final Rule [CMS-1809-F],...more
What are the cost drivers for different ambulatory services? How much does Medicare pay for outpatient knee replacements? How has Medicare volume changed over time for outpatient GI procedures? ...more
Introduction-
Site neutral payment proposals may affect access differently across patient populations. In this +Insight, we focus on how site-of-service patterns for drug administration services, which both the Medicare...more
3/1/2024
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Site-Neutral Exception
It’s Thanksgiving week, so instead of eating eggs with your regs, you should sit back, relax and reflect on the regs you are thankful for as you eat your turkey legs (or whatever you enjoy on Thanksgiving). Many of the...more
11/21/2023
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