Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
A new AHA infographic shows how legislation that would impose billions of dollars in additional site-neutral payment reductions to services provided in off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) fails to account for the fundamental differences between HOPDs and other ambulatory care sites,…
Register for the June 1 call on site-neutral payment policies and legislation
With the House Energy and Commerce Committee advancing legislation to enact additional site-neutral payment reductions that would impact access to patient care, the AHA is introducing a new Site-neutral Advocacy Alliance.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 49-0 to advance H.R. 3561, as amended, legislation that would impose billions of dollars a year in additional site-neutral payment reductions to services provided in off-campus hospital outpatient departments.
AHA statement on legislative proposals that are to be considered before the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 24.
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepares to consider a legislative provision (H.R. 3561) that would reduce payments for drug administration services furnished in off-campus provider-based departments, the AHA and other national hospital groups reiterated to committee leaders their…
Congress continues to discuss a number of proposals that would enact additional site-neutral payment cuts. The AHA strongly opposes these proposals because they would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals and health systems, creating a significantly negative impact on the field’s financial…
AMERICA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
May 23, 2023
Congress is considering several bills that would impose additional site-neutral payment reductions to services provided in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs).
The AHA was pleased to see the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee take action today on issues of importance to hospitals, health systems, and their patients and communities. We look forward to continuing to work with lawmakers on transparency and other important issues.