News spotlight: CMS releases 2012 OPPS proposed rule
Nurse Leader Weekly, July 11, 2011
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2012 OPPS proposed rule late Friday afternoon, on the eve of the July 4th holiday weekend. The proposed rule does not contain many substantive operational changes. However, CMS does propose changes to some much discussed areas, including payment for combined CPT® codes for CT of the abdomen and pelvis and determining required levels of physician supervision.
"I was pleasantly surprised by several aspects of the rule," says Jugna Shah, MPH, president of Nimitt Consulting Inc. based in Washington, DC. "First, I can't recall the last time we had a file to read that was less than 1,000 pages. Second, CMS really listened to comments it received during the last year from many organizations on its rate-setting methodology for the 'new' combined CT code for CT of the abdomen and CT of the pelvis."
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Source: HealthLeaders Media
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