MedPAC Considers Pay Bump For Hospitals, Site-Neutral Oupatient Pay

Congressional Medicare advisers said Thursday (Dec. 18) they plan to offer the same recommendations on hospital payments as last year, which includes overall pay increases and some cuts in certain areas. The recommendations would increase hospital pay by 3.25 percent and pay hospitals more for "chronically critically ill" patients, but they also would pay the same for 66 types of services, regardless of whether they're provided at hospital outpatient departments or physician offices, which would cut pay to hospitals for...