The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center (OPPS/ASC) final rule, which will take effect on January 1, 2020. Absent from the rule was a price transparency policy, which the White House is expected to release in a separate final rule later today. [Included] are insights on key finalized policies. [Included is] a detailed summary and attend our upcoming AHPA webinar for an even deeper dive.

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