The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is backing new legislation that would affect how CMS handles payment and quality data for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
A federal judge ruled against the 2019 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule’s site-neutral payment policy that reduced Medicare payments for off-campus clinic visits.
The American Medical Association unveiled the 2020 Current Procedural Terminology code set, which includes 394 changes to CPT codes and descriptors.
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