FACILITIES HAD THE ominous task of reviewing the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule at the beginning of the year to ensure their chargemas-ter and systems were up to date with the 2018 changes. The final rule for calendar year (CY) 2018 was released on November 1, 2017 and went into effect starting with dates of service January 1, 2018. This article will highlight some of the OPPS changes.
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