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Compliance Risks Associated with Outlier Payments 

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This is why Medicare publishes its rules on their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) or its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). However, there are certain circumstances when Medicare, for example, will reimburse additional amounts beyond the prospective payment rate.

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The History of Healthcare Compliance

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Compliance evolved to include performance reporting and quality metrics. MACRA (2015): The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) introduced the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).