OPPS 2014: Revise Your Reporting Strategy To Deal With These OPPS Changes in 2014
Here’s an incentive to negotiate more effectively with suppliers to lower costs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final Calendar Year (CY) 2014 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates final rule has significant changes in store for you. Here’s how to handle them.
Pay Attention to Updated Packaged Service Categories
When the OPPS began in 2000, the payment system provided for the packaging of a limited number of items and services, such as anesthesia and surgical supplies. CMS later expanded the categories of...
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