Becker's Healthcare June 17, 2024
Some leaders have become increasingly frustrated with hospital outpatient department reimbursements far outpacing ASCs, but there are efforts at the federal level to move toward site-neutral payments.
“Our costs are increasing, especially salaries and benefits, which need to be competitive with HOPDs and hospitals, yet reimbursements still sit at 50% of the HOPD rates,” Andrew Weiss, administrator of Vorhees, N.J.-based Summit Surgical Center, told Becker’s in October.
KFF laid out five things to know about site-neutral payment reforms in a June 14 article:
1. Medicare pays more for procedures and services in hospital outpatient departments than ASCs or physician offices, which results in higher costs or Medicare beneficiaries. Site-neutral payments could result in massive cost savings. In a...
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