Medicare patients could save an estimated $150 million on out-of-pocket co-payments for clinic visits if proposed changes to the hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Cancer (ASC) payment system are supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2019. The...

A recent opinion article by Tara O'Neill Hayes outlines arguments for CMS' "Final 340B Rule." The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services greeted the new year by slashing what Medicare pays hospitals for specific drugs by up to 30 percent. Consequently, Hospitals are vehemently against this decision....