American Hospital Association July 26, 2023
The House Ways and Means Committee July 26 voted 25-16 to pass the Health Care Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822), legislation that would impose additional site-neutral payment cuts and regulatory burdens on off-campus hospital outpatient departments, impose additional Medicare sequester cuts on hospitals, and codify and make changes to hospital price transparency regulations.
“Site-neutral payment policies fail to account for the fundamental differences between HOPDs and other sites of care,” AHA said in a statement submitted July 26 for the record. “Hospitals and health systems are held to higher regulatory and safety standards than other settings, including for drug administration services. Current payment rates support this higher standard of care to ensure that drugs are safely prepared and administered. For...
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