In the CY 2016 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period (80 FR 70334 through70336), in response to commenters' concerns regarding packaging payment for potentially high-cost surgical procedures into the payment for an observation C-APC, we finalized a policy that claims reporting procedures assigned status indicator T do not qualify for payment through C-APC 8011, regardless of whether the procedure assigned status indicator T was furnished before or after observation services (described by HCPCS code G0378) were provided
However, this plan is *not* designed for individuals that have extremely limited mobility, cannot stand for extended periods of time, or have difficulties completing activities of daily living
Again, it should not be practiced regularly but if it is just a day early, it could possibly happen
In addition, the measure steward has successfully deployed its software across a diverse range of several hundred clinical settings with varied EHR, Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), Radiology Information System (RIS), dose monitoring, image quality, and CMS measure submission systems
