Medicare 2019 Payment Rates Correction Notice Released

Medicare 2019 Payment Rates Correction Notice Released

Late Friday afternoon, CMS released a correction notice to the 2019 hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule.

As anticipated, CMS corrected the multiple procedure discounting errors. In addition, there were changes to many payment indicators.

ASCA will update documents as quickly as possible.

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The addenda with current rates, payment indicators, and multiple procedure discount exempt status can be found here.

The correction notice can be found here.