Modification to the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating Methodology In the CY 2025 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period (89 FR 94514 through 94521), we presented three options and analyses (utilizing data from the July 2023 publication of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating) for potential methodological updates to emphasize Safety of Care in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating and summarized the public comments received
B12 shots offer a full dose, all-at-once solution
Mammalian herbivores, including nonhuman primates like gorillas, and our fellow great apes, get all the B12 they need by practicing coprophagy, the eating of feces, but my preference would be to take B12 supplements
In response to issuing sub-regulatory guidance encouraging HOPDs to utilize a certain revenue code or map charges to a certain cost center, we refer readers to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 4 (Part B Hospital), section 20.5, where we state, Generally, CMS does not instruct hospitals on the assignment of HCPCS codes to revenue codes for services provided under OPPS since hospitals' assignment of cost vary