On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA 2015). BBA 2015, Section 603 generally provides that beginning January 1, 2017, off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) will no longer be paid under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) but rather under another applicable payment system, provided the … Continue reading
On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Act). Section 603 of the Act reduces Medicare payments to newly-enrolled provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), off-campus defined as a facility that is more than 250 yards from a hospital’s main buildings or a remote location of a hospital. … Continue reading