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CMS backs off some burdensome proposals but imposes negative payment update in latest rule

Jugna Shah, MPH, and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, review new comprehensive APCs (C-APC) CMS added in the 2016 OPPS final rule as well as the negative payment update due to a CMS overestimation in 2014.

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