Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems (OPPS)
The CMS as early as this afternoon could release its final rule for the calendar year 2017 outpatient prospective payment system.
Press Release
Statement on Final CY 2017 OPPS Rule
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy
American Hospital Association
This week Congress overwhelmingly urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments as it implements the site-neutral provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in its upcoming final rule for the hospital outpatient prospective…
As you know, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published on July 6 its calendar year 2017 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule for implementing Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, "Treatment of off-campus outpatient departments of a provider…
Senate singed HOPD letter
Signatures needed on Congressional letters urging CMS to provide flexibility for HOPDs in OPPS final rule.
Sens. Rob Portman and Charles Schumer are asking their Senate colleagues to join them in urging the CMS to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments as it implements the site-neutral provisions of last years Bipartisan Budget Act.
Reps. Devin Nunes and Joseph Crowley are asking their House colleagues to join them in sending the CMS a letter urging the agency to provide flexibility for HOPDs as it implements the site-neutral provisions of last years Bipartisan Budget Act.
Comment letter on the updated Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON). In our comments, we offer several suggestions to make the notice clearer, easier to understand and more aligned with Congress's intent in enacting the NOTICE Act.