Congress Mulling Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Policy

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

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Congress Mulling Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Policy

Congress is actively considering several bills related to site-neutral payment that has hospitals across the U.S. significantly concerned. The proposed legislation would lower the price that Medicare pays hospitals for common outpatient services, such as x-rays and general checkups, and match what it pays outpatient facilities such as physician offices. Facilities that are owned by hospitals (known as hospital outpatient departments, or HOPDs) earn more than twice what an independent outpatient facility earns for providing the same services.

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This Health Capital Topics article will review the changes that are being considered by Congress, as well as the responses from stakeholders. (Read more…)

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