Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2024
As many ASCs voice support for site-neutral payments, hospitals push back on legislator action advocating for such policies.
Sens. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., published a paper on Nov. 1 pushing for site-neutral payments and explaining how the policy would reduce healthcare costs for patients. The senators argued these policies could improve the financial stability of Medicare, reduce consolidation and help rural hospitals serving high-need communities.
“While many factors drive health spending, rising healthcare costs have in part resulted from an increase in consolidation among hospitals and outpatient care settings — such as physician offices and ambulatory centers,” according to the paper. While two-thirds of doctors practiced independently or in non-hospital settings a decade ago, today, at...
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