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2023 OPPS Final Rule: Additional Highlights

2023 OPPS Final Rule: Additional Highlights

Today’s article will build on last week’s publication, which highlighted for our readers some of the key takeaways from the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule (FR) that was released earlier this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Below are some additional details arising from the FR that hospital leaders and decision-makers will want to review. Again, the following is based, in part, on a fact sheet released by CMS that attempts to summarize the…

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2023 OPPS Final Rule: Some Positive News for Hospitals

2023 OPPS Final Rule: Some Positive News for Hospitals

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for 2023. The final rule (FR) will affect roughly 3,500 hospitals, as well as approximately 6,000 ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). Based on a fact sheet published by CMS, it appears there will be substantive changes in store for America’s hospitals in the new year. The following will act to highlight some of the new rules. Payment Rate Updates In accordance with Medicare…

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