Hospital Outpatient Issues
ACCC is committed to ensuring that cancer patients have access to the entire continuum of quality cancer care, including access to the most appropriate cancer therapies. Policy changes resulting from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) continue to impact delivery of services provided in hospital outpatient departments. ACCC remains concerned that Medicare's payment policies will present obstacles to patient access to critical cancer therapies.
Click here for the full text of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
ACCC serves as a policy advocate to its hospital members on federal legislative/regulatory issues before the United States Congress and federal government agencies. The Association also serves as an essential information resource on all Medicare reimbursement issues facing its hospital members:
- Highlights and analysis of 2008 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rule
- Proposed '08 Hospital Outpatient Increases in Drug Administration Services
- Highlights and analysis of the Medicare Proposed Changes to the 2008 Hospital Outpatient PPS Rule
- Preliminary Results from ACCC's Survey on 2007 Hospital Outpatient Department Drug Reimbursement Levels
- Medicare Proposed and Final 2007 Outpatient Rules
- Overview of the Medicare CY 2006 HOPD Final Rule
Summary of Medicare Outpatient Rules:
Analyses of Medicare Outpatient Rules:
- ACCC Analysis of Percent Add-on Needed to Reflect Pharmacy Service and Handling Costs
- ACCC Survey Findings of 2005 Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy Overhead and Handling Cost Survey
- 2006 Changes to Coding and Payment for Drug Administration for HOPD
- MMA Directed Studies
Comment Letters:
- ACCC HOPPS 2008 Comment Letter
- ACCC OPPS 2007 Comment Letter
- ACCC OPPS 2006 Comment Letter on Final Rule
- ACCC OPPS 2006 Comment Letter on Proposed Rule
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two
- ACCC OPPS 2005 Comment Letter
- ACCC OPPS 2004 Comment Letter
Useful Links:
- Government Accountability Office
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- CMS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Matt Farber, Manager, Provider Economics & Public Policy,Phone 301.984.9496, ext. 221, Email mfarber@accc-cancer.org
