Becker's Healthcare September 20, 2024
Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius, who served as secretaries for the Department of Health and Human Services under former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, respectively, advocated for a bipartisan adoption of site-neutral healthcare payments in an opinion article published in Stat in April.
Site neutrality would equalize payments between healthcare facilities that are owned by hospitals or corporate health systems and those that are independent. Currently, hospitals currently receive higher reimbursement rates than ASCs or independent physicians, despite no documented improvement in quality of care.
Mr. Azar and Ms. Sebelius argue that the current payment system drives up costs for patients and discourages competition. According to data from a June 2022 report by the Medicare Payment Advisory...
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