Site-neutral payments in Medicare have emerged as a potential policy option to reduce Medicare spending without impacting beneficiaries’ access and quality of care. This option has gained support from many across the health care industry, including former HHS secretaries Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius, who co-authored a joint op-ed in STAT to support the adoption of site-neutral payments for health care. This Forefront article discusses reasons leading to the support of site-neutral payment policies and the current and future steps that are required to fill the current gaps and address the concerns surrounding it.
Read the full article: The Promise and Pitfalls of Site-Neutral Payments in Medicare //
Source: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/promise-and-pitfalls-site-neutral-payments-medicare