Comments

Items Related to HCPCS

September 11, 2017

Comments to CMS on the proposed CY 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System

The Coalition submitted comments to CMS on “CMS 1678-P, the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs.” Coalition comments addressed:

Issues with the methodology for packaging of skin substitutes (Cellular and/or Tissue Based Product for Skin Wounds, or CTPs)
Support for grandfathering in eight CTP products to the high-cost bucket of the newly established threshold between low and high costs
Request for CMS to work with stakeholders to obtain the proper data for creating appropriate APCs for the application of CTP products.
In response to CMS’s request for information on flexibility and efficiency opportunities to increase care, reduce costs and reduce burdens for clinicians and patients, the Coalition asked the agency to consider reform of the process it uses to assign new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II billing codes to durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).

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September 11, 2017

Comments to CMS on the proposed CY 2018 Physician Fee Schedule

The Coalition submitted comments to CMS on “CMS 1676-P: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018.” The Coalition comments requested that CMS consider establishing office-based PE RUV’s for disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (dNPWT). Comments also noted issues with codes and payment rates for NPWT services. The Coalition recommended that CMS assign direct cost inputs to disposable negative pressure wound therapy, which would allow the establishment of national payment rates for CPT codes 97607 and 97608 in the final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule for CY 2018. In response to CMS’s request for information on flexibility and efficiency opportunities to increase care, reduce costs and reduce burdens for clinicians and patients, the Coalition asked the agency to consider reform of the process it uses to assign new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II billing codes to durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
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