For purposes of estimating outlier payments for CY 2026, we used the hospital-specific overall ancillary CCRs available in the April 2025 update to the Outpatient Provider-Specific File (OPSF)
Each compound in this catalog targets a specific pathway: growth hormone release, tissue repair, collagen signaling, central nervous system arousal
Depending on its dose and concentration, it has caused alopecia in up to 28% of patients
Aloe vera helps soothe and condition the skin, making the formula suitable for treatments focused on comfort, balance, and barrier support
Under the low wage index hospital policy that we adopted for the OPPS (84 FR 61186 through 61188), we increased the wage index for hospitals with a wage index value below the 25th percentile wage index value for a calendar year by half the difference between the otherwise applicable final wage index value for a year for that hospital and the 25th percentile wage index value for that year across all hospitals
