Hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers will receive a 2.9% Medicare pay boost next year under a ...

Common medical procedures can cost as much as 58% more at hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than they do at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) or doctor offices, according to a new Blue Cross ...

CMS issued the 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule Nov. 1, with several new elements for hospital outpatient ...

N.H., Nov. 1 released a policy framework detailing a plan to impose site-neutral payments on hospitals. Site-neutral payment ...

Meanwhile, the CMS finalized a 2.9% rate update for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers, up from the 2.6% regulators proposed this summer. Hospitals should get an ...