Site-Neutral

As Congress enters the home stretch for 2019, they are considering a number of key hospital and health system issues as part of year-end legislation. These include addressing surprise medical bills and further delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts. In addition, it is our…
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support Patients and Hospitals on Key Issues, Including: Surprise Medical Bills, Medicaid DSH Cuts and Site-neutral Payments Engage your senators and representative now as year-end legislation takes shape As Congress enters the home stretch for 2019, they are considering a…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 released the calendar year (CY) 2020 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule finishes phasing in the site-neutral rate for clinic…
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges and several member hospitals intend to immediately request that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enforce its September ruling vacating a CMS rule reducing payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-…