CMS recently relaunched the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for short-term acute care hospitals, restoring these facilities’ access to a valuable data tool that assists with claim accuracy.
CMS is preparing to launch the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Drug Acquisition Cost Survey to collect acquisition costs for certain outpatient drugs and biologicals.
CMS recently created a new system edit to help reduce improper Medicare payments for outpatient services provided by acute care hospitals to hospice patients.
