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OPPS Final Rule Issued by CMS

The Impact on Payment Rate Updates, Hospital Price Transparency, Rural Hospital Designation, Drug Pricing, and Intensive Outpatient Program On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its finalized Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for calendar year (CY) 2024. The finalized payment update increases payments to outpatient facilities and finalizes changes to ...

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CMS Proposes Updates to 2024 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System

The Aftermath of the 2022 AHA v. Azar SCOTUS Decision On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) for calendar year (CY) 2024. The agency proposes an increase in payments to all outpatient providers, introduces a new program, and announces their solution to repa ...

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Update on 2022 Healthcare Payment Rules

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Publishes Proposed and Final Rules on Medical Reimbursement Rates The U.S. government is the largest payor of medical costs, through Medicare and Medicaid, and consequently has a strong influence on physician reimbursement. The prevalence of these public payors in the healthcare marketplace often results in their acting as a price setter and being used as a benchmark for p ...

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Valuation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Competition (Part II of V) This second installment in this five-part series on the valuation of ASCs will discuss the competitive environment of ASCs, by competitor type. [su_pullquote align="right"]Resources:Valuation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers—Introduction (Part I of V)[/su_pullquote] As noted in the first installment of this five-part series, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) is a distinct entity tha ...

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Valuation of Ambulatory Surgery Centers

In an Era of Reform: Value Drivers (Part II of II) As stated in Part I of this II-part series, as the demand for healthcare services continues to grow, the site at which these services are performed is experiencing a simultaneous transformation from the inpatient (e.g., hospital) setting to the outpatient setting—e.g., at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). This article will review the unique value drivers t ...

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