0938-AT03 201710 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS CY 2018 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1678-FC)

This annual final rule revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2018 to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems and certain provisions under the 21st Century Cures Act. In this rule, we describe the  changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this rule updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No Fully or Partially Exempt Completion of a Section 610 Review 42 CFR 416 42 CFR 419 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Pub. L. 114-255 Statutory Final 11/01/2017 No NPRM 07/20/2017 82 FR 33558 NPRM Comment Period End 09/11/2017 Final Action 11/13/2017 82 FR 52356 Final Action Effective 01/01/2018 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Lela Strong Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-3213 lela.strong@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C4-05-13, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244