To the disappointment of hospital groups, two Senate leaders have produced bipartisan policy options for advancing site-neutral payment in Medicare. The framework released Nov. 1 by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who is a physician, and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) goes further than site-neutral payment plans that were passed by the House as part of broader healthcare transparency legislation in late 2023. The House provisions would incorporate site-neutral payment for drug administration services in off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and would require each such facility to bill Medicare using a unique identifier.
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Source: https://www.hfma.org/payment-reimbursement-and-managed-care/senate-leaders-release-a-blueprint-for-comprehensive-site-neutral-payment-policies/