AHA Cautions CMS Against Using External Data For Hospital OPPS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue to base the outpatient prospective payment system rates on hospital claims data, according to the American Hospital Association
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