MedPage Today October 5, 2023
— “I don’t think ‘site-neutral’ is neutral,” one commissioner says
Should “site neutrality” — the idea of paying the same rate for the same service no matter where it is provided — be applied when it comes to setting Medicare payment rates? Nope, says Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) member Lynn Barr, MPH.
“I don’t think ‘site-neutral’ is neutral,” Barr, of the Barr-Campbell Family Foundation in Incline Village, Nevada, said Thursday at MedPAC’s monthly meeting. “I’m not convinced that we’ve really done enough [research] on the value of the services at different locations. If I have a severe cancer, do I go to a freestanding oncology group? Do I go to a cancer center? Do I go to an academic...
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