Hospital Outpatient PPS: Addendum A and Addendum B Updates.
Guidance for updates of Addendum A and B of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 04, 2020
Updates of Addendum A and B are posted quarterly to the OPPS website. These addenda are a "snapshot" of HCPCS codes and their status indicators, APC groups, and OPPS payment rates, that are in effect at the beginning of each quarter. The quarterly updates of Addendum A and Addendum B reflect the OPPS Pricer changes that are part of the quarterly OPPS recurring update notification transmittals.
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