Will Site-Neutral Payments Decrease Hospital Acquisitions of Medical Practices?

2017-12-10T11:52:41-08:00By |Healthcare, Hospitals, Medical Practices, Medicare/CMS|0 Comments

Will Site-Neutral Payments Decrease Hospital Acquisitions of Medical Practices? The new budget passed by Congress includes a provision that changes the way that CMS pays hospitals for services performed in off-campus medical clinics and offices. CMS has been paying hospitals at higher hospital-outpatient rates for services performed in off-campus medical clinics that were previously independent [...]