Becker's Healthcare July 25, 2023
As calls continue for expanded use of site-neutral payment policies, many states have recently enacted legislation aiming to protect consumers from unknown or high facility fees from providers, according to a July 21 analysis from the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Hospitals often use facility fees to cover inpatient and emergency care expenses, but they’ve increasingly appeared in outpatient settings such as hospital-owned physician offices and ASCs. Site-neutral payment policies aim to require the same price for every service, regardless of the setting where it was provided.
According to the NCSL, several states have recently passed laws that support site-neutral payment policies in some form.
14 legislative updates around facility fees:
- Connecticut, Colorado, Maryland and New York passed legislation...
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