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Medicare is recommending removing 10 procedures from the inpatient-only list in 2023, according to its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System ...

Just six months after finalizing the removal of 285 procedures from the Medicare Inpatient Only (IPO) List for CY 2026, which focused largely ...

Some of these codes will be available for use as early as July 1. Over the last few months CMS has been releasing procedure codes for your revenue cycle teams, both for inpatients and outpatients. For ...

A plan to phase out a list of procedures that can be performed only on an inpatient basis has major implications for skilled nursing coverage post-surgery, a major aging services advocacy group is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The percent of outpatient total shoulder arthroplasties performed has grown from 2019 to 2022. Researchers found ...

After announcing a plan to eliminate the inpatient-only list, last year CMS eventually reversed its stance — keeping the list, adding more procedures to it, and frustrating ASC leaders nationwide.

CMS’ recent proposal to phase out the inpatient-only list is drawing mixed reactions from healthcare leaders. As part of the Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2026, the agency ...

CMS finalized the fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient procedure code set along with accompanying guidelines. The FY 2023 ICD-10-PCS procedure code set and the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and ...

For three decades, advances in minimally invasive techniques and anesthesia have fueled a steady shift in surgical care from inpatient hospitals to outpatient settings. And it’s been a success ...