The ACC submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule on Aug. 25. Notable topics covered in the College's letter include:

• Support for increased reimbursement for cardiac PET/CT services.
• Support for maintaining higher reimbursement rates for cardiac CT angiography.
• Commentary on changes to the 340B Drug Program.
• Response to a "site neutral" payment proposal for non-contract imaging at off-campus provider-based departments.
• Support for moving Software as a Medical Service (SaMS) procedures to new technology ambulatory payment classifications while a longer-term plan to address these services is developed.
• Commentary regarding the ongoing dissolution of the inpatient-only list.
• Feedback on changes to the hospital outpatient and ASC quality reporting programs.
  

Read the full ACC comment letter and get more details on the proposed rule by viewing the full proposed rule text along with CMS' related press release and fact sheet.

Clinical Topics: Cardiovascular Care Team, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and Imaging, Computed Tomography, Nuclear Imaging

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