0938-AT74 201910 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 2020 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1717-F)

This annual final rule revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system. The rule describes changes to the amounts and factors used to determine payment rates for services. In addition, the rule finalizes changes to the ambulatory surgical center payment system list of services and rates. This rule also 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 Final Rule Stage Yes No Regulatory Section 610 Review 42 CFR 416 42 CFR 419 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Statutory Final 11/01/2019 No NPRM 08/09/2019 84 FR 39398 NPRM Comment Period End 09/27/2019 Final Action 11/00/2019 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Elise Barringer Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-9222 elise.barringer@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C4-03-06, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244