Extension of the Outpatient Hold-Harmless Provision
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which extends the Outpatient Hold Harmless provision, effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010, to rural hospitals with 100 or fewer beds and to all sole community hospitals and Essential Access Community Hospitals regardless of bed size. Please be on the alert for more information pertaining to the PPACA and its impact on past and future claims. Extension of Reasonable Cost Payment for Clinical Lab Tests Performed by Hospitals with Fewer than 50 Beds in Qualified Rural Areas On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Section 3122 of the PPACA re-institutes reasonable cost payment for clinical lab tests performed by hospitals with fewer than 50 beds in qualified rural areas as part of their outpatient services for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. This could affect services performed as late as June 30, 2012. If you are a hospital who qualifies under Section 3122, you do not need to take any action. You will receive reasonable cost reimbursement for an entire year, starting with your cost reporting period beginning on or after July 1, 2010. Please be on the alert for more information pertaining to the PPACA. ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm <https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm> ) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
