Lab Payment Issues Lead CMS to Propose Some Outpatient Cuts

If cash flow from outpatient business at hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers suffers in 2016, laboratories will be among the culprits. That’s because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 2 percent cut to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (ASC) to address perceived…