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CMS proposes hospitals report four new outpatient measures

Quality Improvement Monitor, July 11, 2008

Hospitals would have to report on four new outpatient quality measures in 2009 to receive their full Medicare reimbursement under a new CMS proposal unveiled last week. They include:

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Mammography follow-up rates
  • Abdomen Computed Tomography (CT) -- Use of contrast material
  • CT abdomen -- Use of contrast material excluding calculi of the kidneys, ureter, and/or urinary tract
  • Thorax CT -- Use of contrast material

    Hospitals paid under the outpatient prospective payment system must report on the measures or forfeit 2% of the full Medicare update. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until September 2, 2008, and a final rule will be issued by November 1, 2008.

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