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October 2020 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

This notification provides the Integrated OCE instructions and specifications for the Integrated OCE that will be utilized under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and non-OPPS for hospital outpatient departments, community mental health centers, all non-OPPS providers, and for limited services when provided in a home health agency not under the Home Health Prospective Payment System or to a hospice patient for the treatment of a non-terminal illness

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: August 28, 2020

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