Richard F. Averill, MS
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Richard F. Averill, MS
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What to expect from an inpatient-outpatient site-neutral payment system for Medicare
A recent final rule for the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) gradually eliminates over a three-year period the requirement that some procedures can only be performed in an inpatient site of service.a In the rule, CMS eliminates what is colloquially known as the “inpatient-only list” to make more procedures eligible to be performed in…
Do bed-day shortages mean we need to build more bed capacity? Maybe not
As patients nationwide increasingly opt to seek care at large urban academic health systems (AMCs) recognized for their availability of specialized care and a higher quality of care, AMCs in the nation’s largest cities are beginning to experience significant bed-day shortages. In response, they are proposing to build new bed-day capacity. But simply building more…