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B-333776 Nov 30, 2021 1 (2021-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaomlq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-333776 November 30, 2021 The Honorable Ron Wyden Chairman The Honorable Mike Crapo Ranking Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Leader Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Richard Neal Chairman The Honorable Kevin Brady Ranking Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges; Radiation Oncology Model Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges; Radiation Oncology Model (RIN: 0938-AU43). We received the rule on November 9, 2021. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule with comment period (final rule) on November 16, 2021. 86 Fed. Reg. 63458. The stated effective date is January 1, 2022. According to CMS, this final rule revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System for calendar year (CY) 2022 based on CMS's continuing experience with these systems. CMS stated that in this final rule, it describes the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and those paid under the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System. CMS also stated that this final rule updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and

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