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On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the final rule for the calendar year (“CY”) 2023 outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) and the ambulatory surgical center (“ASC”) payment system. In August 2022, following publication of the proposed rule, we circulated an Alert summarizing key aspects of CMS’s proposals. Below is a short summary of what CMS determined regarding each of the following topics in the final rule: A. Payment for 340B Drugs; B. Reimbursement for Organ Acquisition Costs; C. Changes Relating to COVID-19 Pandemic, including Updates to the Conversion Factor, Claims Data used for Ratesetting, a Payment Adjustment for the Purchase of Approved Surgical N95 Respirators, and Mental Health Telehealth Services; D. Use of Information Related to Hospital Transactions; and E. Policies for a New Category of Rural Hospitals.

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