CMS has finalized changes to packaged services and E/M CPT® codes for clinic visits with the much-anticipated November 27, 2013 release of the 2014 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule.
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The CMS Innovation Center released a request for information (RFI) in February for input from specialty practitioners on new, episode-based payment models, which could signal a move toward even more bundled payments for outpatient procedures.
CMS has been making it clear over the years that packaging would become a larger and larger part of OPPS, and in calendar year (CY) 2014 CMS made good on this.
