In May, the House a health cost transparency package consisting of six bills - one of which seeks to enact site-neutral payments. The bipartisan bill, called the PATIENT Act , argues that Medicare should not have to reimburse off-campus hospital outpatient departments at higher rates than physician offices or ambulatory surgery centers for providing the same services.
Hospitals fiercely oppose Hospital groups, most notably the AHA, have been vocal in their opposition to legislative proposals seeking to put site neutral payments in place.
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