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Advisory Notice: The Administrative Procedures Act will be in effect beginning 11/1/2025. The full notice may be accessed here.

 

Advisory Notice: On October 1, 2025 the Commission will implement metal detection & screening at the Commission’s Offices. The full notice may be accessed here.

Outpatient Hospital

Claims for outpatient services rendered at a hospital are paid based on grouping outpatient services into ambulatory payment classifications (APCs). Services within an APC are similar clinically and require comparable resources. Each APC is assigned a relative payment rate based on the median cost of the services within that classification.