Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
The House Ways and Means Committee July 26 voted 25-16 to pass the Health Care Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822), legislation that would impose additional site-neutral payment cuts and regulatory burdens on off-campus hospital outpatient departments, impose additional Medicare sequester cuts on…
Both the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee and House Ways and Means Committee are expected to discuss and mark-up proposed bills with site-neutral payment and other policies expected to significantly impact hospitals if enacted.
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., July 19 introduced legislation that would use site-neutral payments to fund community health centers and health care workforce initiatives.
During the July 17 Leadership Summit afternoon plenary session, RealClearPolitics Associate Editor and Columnist A.B. Stoddard moderated a panel with AHA leaders, including Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of government relations and public policy; Ashley Thompson, senior vice president of…
AHA Site-neutral Advocacy Alliance bulletin.
Congress returns to Washington this week with a full legislative agenda before its scheduled August recess.
An op-ed by AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack that ran in The Hill the week of July 3 outlines five reasons why site-neutral payment proposals are flawed and should be rejected.
This report provides key evidence as to why site-neutral payment policies are misguided, highlighting the substantial negative impact these policies and new legislative proposals would have on access to the care that the nation’s hospitals and health systems provide.
Private equity, physician groups and health insurers have acquired the vast majority of physician practices during the last five years. Percentage of acquired physicians by type, 2019-2023. Private equity: 65%; Physician Medical Groups: 14%; Health Insurers: 11%; Hospitals and Health Systems: 6%;…
In a letter submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for a hearing on challenges implementing value-based and alternative payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, AHA encouraged certain statutory and regulatory…