Elimination of the Inpatient-Only List Regulatory and Operational Compliance Considerations    Overview The CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule[1] included the Inpatient Only (IPO) List phase-out over 3 years. Over...

  CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1736-FC) Executive Summary of Final Rule On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the...