A pair of key panels advising Congress on Medicare and Medicaid policy recommended lawmakers adopt contentious site-neutral payments for certain ambulatory services and amend the Social Security Act to better protect disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments during economic downturns.
These reimbursement suggestions from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) were published in reports prepared by the groups each June. The recommendation on Medicare fee-for-service payments in ambulatory settings, from MedPAC, has been a hot spot of lawmaker scrutiny and hospital industry lobbying, Fierce Healthcare reports. Read more.
