The American Hospital Association has voiced its support for a preliminary decision by CMS to allow general supervision for 15 hospital outpatient therapeutic services, but asked the agency to consider expanding the "general" level of supervision to 13 additional services, according to an AHA News Now report.
Under general supervision, the services are performed under the direction of a physician but do not require direct physician supervision.
"In our view, the clinical and other justifications presented by the hospital stakeholders and supported by the [Hospital Outpatient Payment Panel] for services that CMS rejected were equally compelling as the justification for the services that CMS preliminarily approved," AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack stated in a letter.
Under general supervision, the services are performed under the direction of a physician but do not require direct physician supervision.
"In our view, the clinical and other justifications presented by the hospital stakeholders and supported by the [Hospital Outpatient Payment Panel] for services that CMS rejected were equally compelling as the justification for the services that CMS preliminarily approved," AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack stated in a letter.
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