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Federal Register Final Rule: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments, Community Mental Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Changes to the Inpatient Prospective

Policy ID: FR-2023-24293Specialty: Hospital Outpatient (OPPS)Added: 6/5/2026Effective: January 1, 2024final rule
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What changed

Updates to OPPS and ASC payment systems starting January 2024.

Who’s affected: Hospital Outpatient (OPPS) billing teams · Effective: January 1, 2024

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