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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (7)

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (7)

February 27, 2003

The Congress should increase payment rates for the outpatient PPS by the rate of increase in the hospital market basket, less 0.9 percent, for calendar year 2004.

Appeared in: March 2003 - Chapter 2A

Topics: Hospital.