Tag: Outpatient Surgery Payments

New Medicare Rule Will Cut Payments to Hospitals for Some Surgeries

A cost-cutting change in Medicare policy will reduce payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures and increase costs for patients, according to a March 21 report from the The Washington Post. Before the change, CMS categorized 1,740 surgeries and other services as eligible for Medicare payments only if they were performed on beneficiaries who were admitted […]
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