| Subject: | CMS 2008 OPPS Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 - 06:00 am |
| CMS's Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule outlines the initial implementation of the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP). Under this program, hospitals will report data for 2008 services on the quality of hospital outpatient care using standardized measures of care to receive the full annual update to their OPPS payment rate, effective for payments beginning in calendar year (CY) 2009. The HOP QDRP is modeled on the Reporting Hospital Quality... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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