Overview: 2010 final rule for hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments.

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Q: The June 2009 Payment Strategies column advised hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments (HOPDs) about the 2009 "direct supervision" requirements for both on-campus and off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs), including outpatient wound care departments. Has the final rule for 2010 been released and has Medicare changed the direct supervision requirements?A: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule on October 30, 2009. It is available at: http://www. cms.hhs.gov/HospitalOutpatientPPS/HORD/itemdetail.asp? filterType=none filterByDID=99 sortByDID=3 sortOrder= descending itemID=CMS1230047 intNumPerPage=10. It also was published in the November 20, 2009, Federal Register.