Outpatient prospective payment system definition

Outpatient prospective payment system or “OPPS” means the payment methodology for hospital outpatient services established by this subrule and based on Medicare’s outpatient prospective payment system mandated by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.
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Outpatient prospective payment system or “OPPS” means the department’s outpatient prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services performed by a provider for a member as described in sections 17b-262-976 and 17b-262-977 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which is the department’s prospectively determined payment system for outpatient hospital services that are reimbursed using APC, fee schedule, daily rate or such other prospective payment methodology as established by the department;
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Outpatient prospective payment system or “OPPS” means the payment methodology for hospital outpatient services established by this subrule and based on Medicare’s outpatient prospective payment
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Outpatient prospective payment system. (OPPS) means medicare's outpatient prospective payment system mandated by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) and the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000.
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