OPPS final rule: CMS changes drug payment formula, physician supervision
APCs Weekly Monitor, December 11, 2009
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CMS revised requirements for physician supervision and finalized a variety of drug reimbursement changes in the 2010 OPPS final rule released October 30, 2009.
Although CMS made numerous changes to drug reimbursement, hospital procedures won’t change because of them. Hospitals will simply receive a different payment.
Continue reading “OPPS final rule: CMS changes drug payment formula, physician supervision” on the HCPro Web site. Briefings on APCs subscribers have free access to this article in the January issue.
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