Reimbursement News In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
OPPS correction raises cardioverter-defibrillator lead payment rate: External data submitted in time for the 2004 hospital outpatient prospective payment system final rule will be used to adjust the payment rate for APC 108 (insertion/replacement/repair of cardioverter-defibrillator leads) to $24,700. The 2004 final rule set the payment amount at $23,641. CMS inadvertently misplaced the comment letter with the external data information, according to a 1Dec. 31 correction notice...