CMS Proposal Eliminates Inpatient Only Lists, Expands Physician-Owned Hospitals

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / August 4, 2020 at 7:44 PM
Hospitals are raising safety concerns with CMS’ long-awaited proposed 2021 hospital outpatient prospective payment system rule, which would eliminate inpatient only lists, lift expansion restrictions for physician-owned hospitals and revise the overall star ratings. CMS Administrator Seema Verma praised the proposal, released Tuesday (Aug. 4), as a way the administration is providing seniors with more choices and lower surgical costs. Eliminating the inpatient only list, she said, would save money and expand the number of hospital outpatient procedures Medicare would...


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