Becker's Healthcare November 5, 2024
CMS has finalized a 2.9% pay increase for hospital outpatient services in 2025, but the American Hospital Association argues that the incremental pay bump is well below what hospitals need to meet today’s operational challenges.
“Medicare’s sustained and substantial underpayment of hospitals has stretched for almost two decades, and today’s final outpatient rule only worsens this chronic problem,” AHA Senior Vice President Ashley Thompson said in a Nov. 1 statement. “The agency’s final increase of less than 3% for outpatient hospital services will make the provision of care, investments in the healthcare workforce and addressing new challenges, such as cybersecurity threats, more difficult. These inadequate payments will have a negative impact on patient access to care, especially in rural...
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