HCFA Decision On OPPS Pro-Rata Reduction Expected By November
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration will need to decide by November whether it is necessary to implement a pro-rata reduction in pass-through payments for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) in 2002.
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