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Ensuring Health Care Quality
Legislative and Regulatory Activity
Medicare Outpatient PPS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) July 7 posted
on its Web site a proposed
rule (PDF, 820 pages - 56MB) that contains changes to the outpatient prospective payment
system (OPPS) as well as proposed payment rates for Ambulatory Surgical
Centers (ASC). If finalized, changes to both the OPPS and the ASC
payment system will be implemented Jan. 1, 2009. Comments on the
proposed rule are due Sept. 2. The AAMC will be submitting comments.
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Medicare Inpatient PPS
Summary of Quality Provisions
in the FY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Proposed Rule (PDF, 6 pages)
CMS proposes expanding the list of selected Hospital Acquired Conditions
(HAC). CMS also proposes to add 43 new measures, and retire 1 measure
for the FY 2009 reporting period.
On June 13, 2008, the AAMC submitted a comment
letter (PDF, 33 pages) on the inpatient PPS proposed rule.
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Patient Safety Organizations Proposed Rule
On Feb. 11, 2008, HHS released the proposed
rule (PDF, 73 pages) to establish a network of Patient Safety Organizations
(PSOs) designed to collect patient safety data from hospitals and,
in return, provide data, expertise and recommendations on how to
implement strategies to reduce errors and adverse events. For details, see HHS Issues Patient Safety Proposed Rule.
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