As Verma defends the site-neutral policy,

Hospitals Ask Court For Update On Site Neutral Lawsuit

By Michelle M. Stein / August 23, 2019 at 4:04 PM
Hospitals have asked a federal court to update them on their lawsuit over deep reimbursement cuts for clinic visits at off-campus facilities after CMS last month proposed a 2020 hospital outpatient pay rule that doubled down on those cuts. CMS Administrator Seema Verma recently told reporters that CMS is not aiming to target hospitals, and she instead pointed to the agency’s site neutral and 340B policies as a way to address distortions in the system that have hurt competition. A...


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