Chief Healthcare Executive November 5, 2024
Ron Southwick

Lawmakers call for lowering rates paid to hospitals for outpatient services. They say their plan would lower patient costs, but hospitals say it would reduce access to care.

Two senators are proposing changes in the way Medicare pays for outpatient procedures, and hospitals are pushing back against the effort.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R.-La., who is a physician, has teamed with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., in a bipartisan policy proposal endorsing “site neutral” payments from Medicare for certain services. They said it would save billions for Medicare and lower costs for consumers.

The lawmakers are aiming to change Medicare payment policy so that Medicare would pay the same rate for outpatient services, whether the services are delivered in a...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Medicare, Provider
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