ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

OPPS Final Rule Update:

Good News: Your ED Facility Levels Get a Reprieve

Payment levels also increase in 2014 OPPS final rule. For now, you can expect the status quo for the ED facility level codes, with the added bonus of dramatic payment rate increases in the coming year. Vital: The issue of greatest concern to ED providers from the OPPS proposed rule was over the suggestion to reduce the number of facility [...]
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