AHA op-ed in The Hill pushes back against site-neutral proposals

An 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.
鈥淐ongress is considering several pieces of legislation that would impose billions of dollars in additional Medicare payment cuts for services provided by hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs),鈥 Pollack writes. 鈥淚f enacted, these misguided so-called 'site-neutral' policies would reduce patient access to vital health care services, particularly in rural and other medically underserved communities.鈥
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