12/05/2013

CMS Releases Advance Copy of Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an advance copy of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; Organ Procurement Organizations; Quality Improvement Organizations; Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program; Provider Reimbursement Determinations and Appeals, a final rule with comment period.

Pages 346-359 address provisions for bundling laboratory services. The rule describes when laboratory services are included in a bundle (see pages 354-356 in particular).

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