CMS Releases Proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates and Policies for 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished proposed rule today that would increase Medicare payment rates under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system by 2.6% for calendar year 2025. The proposed rule is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on July 22.

CMS is accepting comments on the proposed rule through Sept. 9. The agency will issue the final rule with a comment period in early November. AABB is analyzing the rule and will prepare a summary of the proposals most relevant for the transfusion medicine and biotherapies community.