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CMS Updates Hospital Outpatient Department Payment Information for Value-Driven Health Care

ICD-10 Fact Sheet Now Available! The ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Fact Sheet, which provides general information about the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS) including benefits of adopting the new coding system, structural differences between ICD-9 CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS, and implementation planning recommendations, is now available in downloadable format from the Medicare Learning Network at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ICD-10factsheet2008.pdf

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CMS Updates Hospital Outpatient Department Payment Information for Value-Driven Health Care

To support the delivery of high-quality, efficient health care and enable consumers to make more informed health care decisions, President Bush directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make cost and quality data available to all Americans. As part of this initiative, Medicare posted information in 2006 and 2007 about the payments it made during the previous year for common and elective procedures and services provided by Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Physicians.

Earlier this year, Medicare updated the Hospital information and moved it to the Hospital Compare Website where it can be viewed along with hospital quality information. The Hospital compare website may be found at www.medicare.gov.

On October 17, 2008, Medicare posted an update to the Hospital Outpatient Department data. ASC and Physician payment data were updated earlier this year. The information is being displayed in the same format as in previous years, updated with calendar year (CY) 2007 data. The posting updates may be found at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HealthCareConInit/.

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