Archive for January 2017

Effective as of January 2017, medical services administered at off-campus hospital departments that had not been billed as a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) prior to Nov. 2, 2015 will not receive increased Medicare payments.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule in October detailing the new Quality Payment Program established under the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA).