Amongst bold moves such as sustainable growth rate repeal and primary care incentive payments, hospital outpatient department payments would be subject to great change. The proposed budget would lower off-campus HOPD rates to physician fee schedule or ambulatory surgery center rates.
If the budget plan is enacted, this change could begin as early as 2017. The HOPD rate change is estimated to have a $29.5 million impact from 2017 to 2025.
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