Judge Tosses CMS’ Site-Neutral Pay Policy
A federal judge on Tuesday overturned the CMS rule that cut Medicare payments for some hospital clinic visits, siding with hospitals who sued to prevent the changes.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington ruled that the Trump administration had exceeded its authority when it expanded the so-called site-neutral pay policy to evaluation and management services at off-campus hospital clinics. The goal was for Medicare to pay the same rate to hospitals as to independent physicians.
