The Trump administration wants to boost Medicare payments for hospital outpatient services by $8.1 billion next year — while ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 15 issued a proposed rule ( that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.4% in calendar year 2026 ...

CMS will reprocess calendar year 2019 claims for outpatient services provided at excepted off-campus, provider-based departments because of an appeals court ruling on site-neutral payments, the ...

Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments higher rates than physician-owned practices, leading to higher spending and incentivizing hospitals to acquire physician practices. The Bipartisan ...

Common medical procedures can cost as much as 58% more at hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than they do at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) or doctor offices, according to a new Blue Cross ...

According to the draft bill, existing provider-based outpatient departments will be grandfathered in, easing the revenue cuts for some hospitals. 4.

Common medical procedures can cost as much as 58% more at hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than they do at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) or doctor offices, according to a new Blue Cross ...