On November 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System policy changes, quality provisions, and payment rates final rule. Please note that physician payment is made under the Physician Fee Schedule; hospitals are paid for outpatient services under the OPPS and ASCs are paid under the ASC payment system, both detailed in this rulemaking. The ASC Payment Indicator for 63 CPT codes changed from J8 to G2 from the 2018 proposed rule to the 2018 final rule. ASC procedures assigned to J8 are designated as device-intensive, meaning the device cost exceeds 40 percent of the procedure’s mean cost. Device-intensive procedures are priced
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