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Off-campus outpatient department

A part of a hospital that provides outpatient services but is located physically separate from the main hospital building.

Prospective Payment System (PPS) for hospital outpatient department services

Medicare's method of paying hospitals a fixed, predetermined amount for outpatient services, regardless of the actual cost. This is often referred to as the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and generally provides higher payments than other systems for similar services.

Medicare program

A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant).

Physician Fee Schedule

Medicare's system for determining payment amounts for services provided by doctors and other healthcare professionals. These payments are typically lower than those made under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system for similar services.

Social Security Act

The foundational law that established many of the social welfare programs in the United States, including Medicare.