Medicare pays for services furnished in a physician’s office based on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), while Medicare pays for similar services furnished in hospital outpatient departments ...

Site-neutral payment policies are a hot topic every year across the healthcare industry and in Congress. Becker’s has compiled the latest updates and policy changes leaders should know in 2024. 1. In ...

Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments higher rates than ambulatory surgical centers and physician offices for providing similar health services. Policy makers are considering aligning payments ...

Hospitals could get $8 billion more in Medicare reimbursement for outpatient services next year under a new proposed rule that would raise rates by 2.4%. Hospital groups aren’t pleased, with the ...

Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. The lawmakers argue that ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that facility fee reform could provide meaningful out-of-pocket relief to consumers ...