Joint Statement Regarding Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Proposed Rule (CMS-1695-P)

AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross welcome the opportunity to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the proposed rule related to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) that was published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2018. Collectively, our organizations represent the nation’s blood collection establishments, transfusion services, and transfusion medicine professionals.