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CMS Notice of the Final Rule Making for Calendar Year 2018
folder_openInformation for HOPDs / ASCscalendar_todayPosted November 3, 2017

The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs Final Rule Making notification has been posted on CMS’ website. The notification provides a preview of what will be posted in the Federal Register. The notice is available here.

As noted in the Proposed Rule (published in July 2017), CMS plans to delay implementation of the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) Survey Based Measures beginning with the CY 2020 payment determination (2018 data collection) until further action in future rulemaking. This delay in implementing the requirements linked to reimbursement means that OAS CAHPS will continue with the voluntary reporting throughout 2018.

The next update (CY 2019 Rule) will be proposed in July and finalized in November 2018. The CY 2019 Rule will reflect any planned changes that would impact the 2019 data collection period (CY 2021 payment determination).

If you have questions, you can contact the OAS CAHPS Survey Coordination Team via e-mail at oascahps@rti.org or call 1-866-590-7468.