Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2018 to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems and certain provisions under the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255). In this proposed rule, we describe the proposed changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.
The proposed rule (CMS-1678-P) is available in the "Related Links" section below. The supporting files are located in the "Downloads" section below:
Downloads
- Addendum A (CMS-1678-P-ASC)
- ASC Supplier Specific Files (CMS-1678-P-ASC)
- ASC Addenda Table of Contents (CMS-1678-P-ASC)
- Addendum O (CMS-1678-P-ASC)
- 2018 NPRM OPPS Relative Weights without C-APC Methodology for ASC Ratesetting
- FY 2018 Pre-reclass Wage Index for Use in Calculating Payments Effective for Services Furnished Beginning January 1, 2018 Under the Revised ASC Payment System