The push for Medicare site-neutral pay reform

Politico December 12, 2024
By Ben Leonard and Chelsea Cirruzzo

TAKEAWAYS FROM POLITICO’S EVENT — Advocates and opponents of policies having Medicare pay the same price for the same services at different locations, including Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), spoke at POLITICO’s “Defining Site-Neutrality” event Wednesday in Washington.

Cassidy — the incoming chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — will soon have significant latitude over health policy with unified Republican control of Washington. He said Wednesday he’ll prioritize site-neutral payment policy next Congress.

Cassidy and Hassan’s bipartisan plan on site neutrality would stop hospitals from getting paid more by Medicare for the same care received at a doctor’s office, and the lawmakers want to invest the savings in rural and urban so-called safety-net...

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