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CV Highlights From the 2025 Hospital OPPS Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) final rule on Nov. 1. The rule will implement a 2.9% increase to OPPS payment rates that reflects a market basket update of 3.4% reduced by a productivity adjustment of 0.5%.

“>CV Highlights From the 2025 Hospital OPPS Final Rule – American College of Cardiology

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A new enhanced benefit feature is now available: Procedure Code Look-up For Health Care Providers June 2021

Beginning June 4, 2021, Behavioral providers will have access to Cigna’s Procedure Code Benefit Look-up feature on the Cigna for Health Care Professionals website, CignaforHCP.com.

The new Procedure Code Benefit Lookup feature allows you to access a patient’s benefit information by procedure code (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT®], Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System [HCPCS] excluding J codes, or revenue [REV] codes) on CignaforHCP.com, including whether precertification is required.

Patient plan deductibles, coinsurance, and maximum out-of-pocket costs are now displayed in a new, simplified format that makes the information easy to find and understand. Plan benefit details are richer and more complete. Learn more

Read the instructions for more details on how to use the new feature and for answers to frequently asked questions.

We want to hear what you think
Based on your feedback, in 2020, we added these features and more. We also added new functionality to help you more easily resolve claim issues via the website, and request an adjustment or an appeal online. To learn more about the new enhancements, watch this short video.

We appreciate your ongoing feedback as we continue to enhance the CignaforHCP.com website and hope you enjoy the improvements and benefits it offers. Please submit feedback by using the feedback button on the right side of the website.

Provider Digital Solutions Engagement.

Practice Management Advisors – Cigna

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