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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (2)

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (2)

February 28, 2004

The Congress should increase payment rates for the outpatient prospective payment system by the projected rate of increase in the hospital market basket index for calendar year 2005.

Appeared in: March 2004 - Chapter 3A

Topics: Hospital.