Section 148 of The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA)
This Change Request (CR) provides billing instructions based on the new criteria for determining a patient’s outpatient status for a CAH or an entity provider-based to the CAH, per Section 148 of MIPPA.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 08, 2009
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