On November 1, CMS issued Final Rules updating payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System for CY 2017.
The Final Rules add new quality measures to the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and the ASC Quality Reporting Program that CMS says focus on improving patient outcomes and experience of care. CMS estimates that the updates in the final rule would increase OPPS payments by 1.7 percent and ASC rates by 1.9 percent in 2017.The Final Rule also:
- Contains provisions that seek to address physicians’ concerns regarding pain management;
- Focus payments on patients rather than setting; and
- Seek to Improve patient care through technology.
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