CMS issues 2022 OPPS proposed rule

By Mark Faccenda (US), Thomas Dowdell (US) and Hayley White (US) on July 22, 2021 Posted in General, Regulatory

On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) proposed rule for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2022. In the proposed rule, CMS proposes a net increase of 2.3 percent in Medicare OPPS rates from CY 2021 to 2022 for … Continue reading

CMS Publishes CY 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule

By Thomas Dowdell (US), Mark Faccenda (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Hayley White (US) on August 7, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, Regulatory

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the calendar year (“CY”) 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment System proposed rule. The proposed rule would increase hospital Medicare OPPS payment rates by 2.6 percent and ASC payment rates by 2.6 percent … Continue reading

CMS 2017 OPPS Proposed Rule includes Medicare payment provisions for hospital off-campus outpatient departments

By Thomas Dowdell (US) and Mark Faccenda (US) on July 6, 2016 Posted in Regulatory

On July 6, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. We will be providing an in-depth analysis of all significant proposals shortly. In the interim, we note that significant provisions of the rule would implement Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Section … Continue reading