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The
Health Care Financing Administration would like to inform you of recent
web postings to www.hcfa.gov regarding the Outpatient Prospective
Payment System (OPPS).
Announcement
regarding current progress of the Outpatient Prospective Payment System:
posted by HCFA Wednesday, August 23, 2000
[Read the updated additional
information here posted by HCFA Friday, September 1, 2000]
HCFA
OPPS ListServs
New Web Postings Regarding
the Outpatient PPS
HCFA is pleased to announce
that some important new material is available on its web site regarding
the new Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). As some subscribers
may know, the training manuals used by HCFA's fiscal intermediaries
to train providers on the OPPS are on HCFA's web site. With considerable
assistance from some of the major provider associations, these training
manuals have been updated to correct some errors and the revised manuals
have been placed on HCFA's OPPS web site. Included for each chapter of the manuals
is a brief summary of the changes. This will allow those who already
have the manuals to review the changed pages only, if they desire.
While HCFA staff and association reviewers have spent considerable time
and effort on this update process, we still remind users of the training
manual that it is meant only as a guide to facilitate training. Those
impacted by the OPPS are advised to rely on the final rule and the implementing
instructions for the OPPS (PM-A-0036) and the Outpatient Code Editor
(PM-A-0035) for official policy and instructions for the OPPS. The final
rule and instructions are also available via www.hcfa.gov.
In addition to the training manuals, HCFA has also placed the PRICER
logic on the web. The PRICER logic will show how HCFA will price claims/services
grouped by the Outpatient Code Editor under the OPPS.
To view the training manuals or the PRICER logic, please take
the following steps:
