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The Biden administration is proposing a 2.7% increase to outpatient payment rates for hospitals for 2023 and an enhanced payment if a facility buys domestically manufactured N95 respirator masks. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Friday the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rules. The regulation includes updates to outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rates as well as changes to payment policies for rural hospitals and the 340B program.
