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2015 OPPS final rule: CMS finalizes comprehensive APCs, changes physician inpatient certification

In a concerted effort to move healthcare payments to a system of "quality over quantity," CMS finalized policies that greatly expanded packaging for outpatient providers in the 2015 OPPS final rule (www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-11-10/pdf/2014-26146.pdf). It also introduced complexity adjustments with comprehensive ambulatory payment classifications (C-APCs).

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