W&M Passes Updated Hospital Bill That Eases Exemption Criteria For Site-Neutral Pay Cuts

The House Ways & Means Committee on Tuesday (May 24) unanimously passed by voice vote a Medicare hospital bill after updating the bill to make it easier for hospitals to get exemptions from site-neutral pay cuts. Although the bill was passed with bipartisan support, the markup hit a snag when Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) challenged other members for including a measure that accounts for the poor health of low-income beneficiaries for whom hospitals care when determining how many readmissions hospitals...