Medicare Payment and Reimbursement

HFMA Legislative Update Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

November 18, 2015 3:57 pm

Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015 implements (with limited exemptions) site neutral payments for new Provider-Based Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPD) effective Jan. 1, 2017. New Provider-Based HOPDs are defined as those that were not billing under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) prior to the date of enactment (Nov. 2, 2015) of the BBA of 2015.

 

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