KFF June 17, 2024
With Congress looking for ways to cut health care costs for patients and the Medicare program, one approach drawing bipartisan attention involves site-neutral payments for outpatient services. The idea is for Medicare to pay the same amount for a service regardless of where it is provided – a departure from current Medicare reimbursement policy, which generally pays higher rates for services provided in hospital outpatient departments versus independent physician offices and ambulatory surgical centers.
On June 17, a panel of experts joined Larry Levitt, KFF’s executive vice president for health policy, for a 45-minute discussion on the concept of site-neutral payments, including why it has become an issue for policymakers and private...
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