Dorsey Health Law Blog

The Impact of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 on Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments

November 23, 2015 On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“Act”) into law significantly impacting how Medicare pays certain off-campus hospital departments.  Specifically, Section 603 of the Act provides that items and services furnished at off-campus departments of a hospital will not be reimbursed under the hospital outpatient prospective...