Inpatient Only Procedure List 2024. The change will allow medicare to pay for those procedures in either hospital outpatient settings or inpatient. In the final rule for the outpatient prospective payment system (opps) for 2021, cms announced plans to phase out the inpatient only list (ipo) by 2024.

In the final rule for the outpatient prospective payment system (opps) for 2021, cms announced plans to phase out the inpatient only list (ipo) by 2024. Cms maintains a list of procedures usually performed only in the inpatient setting, reimbursed at inpatient rates, and not paid for under the opps.