1.0The Red Wing Newshttps://www.theredwing.newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R6BprlQjVP"><a href="https://www.theredwing.news/index.php/2026/11/07/medicare-outpatient-payments-final-rule-2027/">Medicare updates outpatient hospital and surgery center payments for 2027</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.theredwing.news/index.php/2026/11/07/medicare-outpatient-payments-final-rule-2027/embed/#?secret=R6BprlQjVP" width="600" height="338" title="“Medicare updates outpatient hospital and surgery center payments for 2027” — The Red Wing News" data-secret="R6BprlQjVP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.theredwing.news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.theredwing.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/MEDICARE-UPDATE-news-cover.webp1344768The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized its 2027 outpatient payment rule this week. It updates how Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers. CMS estimates the rule affects about 3,500 hospitals and 6,400 surgery centers. One change concerns procedures that Medicare has historically treated as inpatient-only. Under the new rule, certain […]