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Based on public comments received and our longstanding policy, in the CY 2024 OPPS/ASC final rule, we finalized APC 5864, four hospital-based PHP services per day, as the daily mental health cap (88 FR 81566)
Difficulty walking, staggering, and balance problems are sometimes seen in those with low B12
In addition, we proposed that the wage index that would apply to non-IPPS hospitals paid under the OPPS would include the 5 percent cap on wage index decreases and the previously described proposed transitional payment exception for hospitals significantly impacted by the discontinuation of the low wage index hospital policy
A lookback period of no less than 12 months and no longer than 15 months prior to posting the MRF, as described in more detail earlier in this section, provides for a more consistent lookback period across hospitals than a static 12-month lookback period, which we believe helps to alleviate commenters' concerns about having varying amounts of data from which to encode the allowed amounts for an item or service and the complexity of a segmented lookback period if a contract changes midyear