Medicare Issues Final 2020 Outpatient Payment Policies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued final hospital outpatient department payment policies for calendar year 2020, which begins on January 1. Among the range of payment changes and updates, CMS finalized policies to speed-up coverage for breakthrough medical technologies, equalize payment levels among different sites of care, and allow more types of procedures to be performed in ambulatory surgical centers.
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