Industry, Hospital Groups Clash Over Future Of OPPS Outlier Provision
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Hospital Association urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Oct. 2 comments to avoid changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment (OPPS) system's "outlier" provision.
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