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- Title
Site Neutral Payment Gaining Traction on Capitol Hill.
- Authors
Finerfrock, Bill; Baugh, Nathan
- Abstract
The article reports on the growing popularity of site neutral payment in the U.S. as evidenced by President Barack Obama signing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 that includes a significant change on ways new off campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) are paid by Medicare. Topics discussed include studies investigating the higher fees paid by Medicare in off-campus HOPD, concerns raised by the American Hospital Association and reasons Congress is passing site-neutral provisions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICARE; NATIONAL health insurance; HOSPITAL outpatient prospective payment; REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
Radiology Management, 2016, Vol 38, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0198-7097
- Publication type
journal article