Should Hospitals Be Paid the Same as Doctors’ Offices for the Same Service?

MedPage Today December 12, 2024
Joyce Frieden

— “Site-neutral” payment in Medicare is gaining traction in the halls of Congress

The idea of requiring site-neutral payments in Medicare — in which providers would be reimbursed at the same rate for performing the same service, regardless of where it’s performed — appears to be gaining steam on Capitol Hill.

“We are decreasing the out-of-pocket expense for someone receiving the exact same care at the same doctor’s office with the same equipment and the same nurse” in cases where the cost of the service increased after the hospital bought the doctor’s practice, Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), said Wednesday at a site-neutral payment event sponsored by Politico and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate...

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