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Chapter 7 Medicare Hospital
Outpatient Payment System Study
Guide 2026/2027
Chapter 7 Medicare Hospital Outpatient
ChapterPayment
7 Medicare
System
Hospital
StudyOutpatient
Guide
Chapter2026_2027.pdf
Payment
7 Medicare
System
Hospital
StudyOutpatient
Guide 2026_2027.pdf
Payment System Study Guide 2026_2027.pdf
,Chapter 7_ Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment System.pdf Chapter 7_ Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment System.pdf Chapter 7_ Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment System.pdf
Medicare Hospital Outpatient System
AKA Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
Hospital outpatient services
-Clinic
-Emergency department
-Ambulatory surgery unit
--Same day surgery units attached to a hospital
---Have access to inpatient and ICU care
--Not free-standing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)
-Effective period
--January 1-December 31
---Calendar year (CY)
--Updated yearly
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Reimbursement Methodologies
Fee schedule payment
-Ambulance, physical therapy, durable medical equipment
Prospective payment
-Uses Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) system
--Most procedures, services, and supplies
Reasonable cost payment
-Acquisition of corneal tissue, hepatitis B vaccine
-Pharmaceutical items
Ambulatory patient Classification (APC)
Classification system that groups like procedures with like resource consumption together
-Grouped based on procedure
-Diagnosis does not play a role on grouping
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