CMS Moves Forward On Site Neutrality In Hospital Outpatient Rule

By Amy Lotven / July 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM

CMS seeks to advance site neutrality pay in its draft calendar year 2026 outpatient hospital payment rule, proposing to pay doctors who administer Part B drugs at the Medicare physician fee rate, which the agency says would save about Medicare $210 million and beneficiaries another $70 million a year.


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