2004 OPPS and physician fee proposed rules
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS anticipates releasing the outpatient proposed rule "earlier this year than last year" to allow more time to develop the final version after comments are received, Hospital & Ambulatory Policy Group Director Liz Richter states at MDMA's recent annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The 2003 OPPS proposed rule was released Aug. 9, 2002. The 2004 physician fee proposed rule, meanwhile, "will be out well ahead of outpatient - end of June, beginning of July," Richter reports...
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