
CMS Proposes Elimination of Inpatient-Only List in Sweeping OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Proposed Rule for the 2026 fiscal year this week, and in doing so said that the Inpatient-Only List (IPO) should be phased out over the course of the next three