American Hospital Association September 20, 2023
A number of legislative proposals being considered by Congress would impose billions of dollars in additional Medicare payment cuts for services provided by hospital outpatient departments and reduce patient access to vital health care services, AHA Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes said Sept. 20 during a panel discussion hosted by Politico.
“You can’t expect the same clinical outcomes, the same level of patient care, the same level of patient access when you pull the dollars out without having a complete conversation,” Hughes said during a panel featuring leaders from the American Benefits Council and the United States of Care.
The AHA has been pushing back against these so-called site-neutral payment proposals because they are based on an erroneous assumption...
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