Changes in policy, protocols advance outpatient surgery
Orthopedics Today | December 2020 saw CMS finalize a proposal to eliminate the inpatient only list in a 3-year transitional period, which allowed about 300 primarily musculoskeletal-related services to be performed in the hospital outpatient setting.The 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System final rule also added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered procedures list, including
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