CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19

Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) revising the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ACS) payment system for calendar year 2023. This rule also establishes the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) provider type and outlines REH payment policy, Conditions of Participation (CoPs), quality measures, and enrollment policy. Among other things, this rule also finalizes changes to the Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) CoPs regarding location and distance requirements, patient's rights requirements, and flexibilities for CAHs that are part of a larger health system. This rule is effective January 1, 2023.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news