1. Payment & Reimbursement ChangesFor Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) site-neutral payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raised OPPS rates by ~2.9 percent, but many off‑campus outpatient services now get reimbursed at lower ASC rates, impacting hospital revenue streams. Providers should verify correct site-of-service coding and […]
