07-07-2014, 01:56 PM
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient
prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC)
payment system for CY 2015 to implement applicable statutory requirements and
changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed
rule, we describe the proposed changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the
payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC
payment system. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the
requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC
Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.
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Did anyone bother to read some of this?
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SUMMARY: This major proposed rule addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, and
other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect
changes in medical practice and the relative value of services, as well as changes in the statute.
See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this proposed rule.
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This is about Medicare and not "Obamacare."
If anything, this may lower Medicare payments with the difference being made up by the privately insured. |
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