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Is the Medicare 'inpatient only' list history?

from MedPage Today

Is the Medicare 'inpatient only' list history? MedPage Today Medicare's new proposed rule would move 266 procedures — including dozens of amputation, replantation, and bone graft surgery codes — out of the federal "inpatient only," or IPO, reimbursement list so they could be performed in a hospital outpatient department. If the rule is finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, beneficiaries undergoing those procedures would generally have an option to leave the facility the same day, or before two midnights have elapsed, to complete their recovery at home. READ MORE

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