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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2020 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule, including significant proposals related to price transparency and changes to the hospital area wage index (AWI). Specifically, CMS would carry over hospital AWI policies proposed under the federal fiscal year 2020 inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule, applying the finalized inpatient policies to outpatient payments.
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