CMS’ Proposed Outlier Payment Threshold Too High Again, Hospitals Warn
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The proposed $35,085 threshold for hospital inpatient cases to qualify for FY 2005 Medicare outlier payments should be lowered to $27,000 or less, the American Hospital Association argues
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