Fierce Healthcare October 3, 2018
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said her agency is interested in expanding site-neutral payments.
Following a proposal that would change the way Medicare pays for clinic visits, the Trump administration is looking at ways to expand site-neutral payments to other areas of care.
Post-acute care could be one of those areas, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma told audience members at an event hosted by The Economist Group on Wednesday morning.
“We are taking a look at [site-neutral payments] across the board and looking at our authority and where we can weigh in on it,” she said. “But I think the post-acute space is something where there are a lot of differentials in payments and something we’re...