Prospective Payment System news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHospitals win 1.9% Medicare payment bump in CMS OPPS final rule
The hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) will increase payment rates by 1.9 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final Read more...
All-payer system proves lowest hospital costs in nation
While the rest of the country's average cost of a hospital stay went up by 3 percent, Maryland's average only went up 2 percent, according to a report by the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Read more...
New physician self-referral rules could change hospital deals
About a year ago, CMS approved major changes to existing anti-self referral arrangements by changing the rules for the Medicare hospital inpatient PPS system. Now, as of October 1, the rules will Read more...
CMS increases hospital outpatient payments
Starting in 2010, hospital outpatient departments will see a 1.9 percent increase in their Medicare payments under a proposed CMS rule that will change payment structures. The new rule would allow Read more...
FAH, senators call for a less-costly Tricare transition
The Federation of American Hospitals is calling for changes to the Defense Department's Tricare's transition to prospective payment methods, arguing that the current plan could cause a 25 percent cut Read more...
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