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Final 2020 CMS Outpatient, ASC Payment Rules Broaden Patient Access To Medtech

 
• By Sue Darcey

The US Medicare agency is allowing more device procedures to be conducted at outpatient hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASC), while approving several new devices for passthrough payments for three years under its Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC payment system final rule for 2020, released on 1 November.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made several significant changes to its 2020 outpatient and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment rules intended to expand beneficiaries’ access to medtech procedures.

Among the changes in the final rule, released on 1 November, total hip arthroplasty, six spine surgical procedures and...

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