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STAT+: Medicare wants to increase payments for heart rehab. Hospitals see an opening to get more

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Medicare plans to pay more for a type of cardiac rehabilitation that takes place in certain outpatient clinics owned by hospitals. Some members of Congress and health care experts are pushing for a system that would not pay hospital outpatient departments more for identical services that are provided in lower-priced physician offices.

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STAT+: Key senators propose using ‘site-neutral’ pay to boost rural hospitals

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WASHINGTON — The hospital industry has pushed back against Medicare payment reforms for years, arguing that the policies would financially hurt rural hospitalsHospitals that keep providing services like trauma centers, labor and delivery units, and burn units would get financial bonuses, too.  

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STAT+: House panel takes first steps toward reining in hospitals with ‘site-neutral’ changes

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WASHINGTON — A key House panel on Wednesday advanced several health care bills on Wednesday, including its first step toward a controversial effort to equalize Medicare payments between hospitals and physician offices.

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STAT+: Senate Republicans throw cold water on so-called site-neutral hospital pay cuts

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WASHINGTON — On its face, a minor policy to make sure Medicare pays hospitals the same as physician offices to administer medications has broad, bipartisan support from think tanks, stakeholders, and academics.

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STAT+: Key House Republican on health care plans exit from Congress

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Under McMorris Rodgers, the panel led the way for House passage of a health care price transparency package that included the first major proposal to equalize payment between hospital outpatient departments and physician offices. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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340B program continues to drive shift in care to more expensive hospital settings

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In this case, the Berkeley Research Group (BRG) found that nearly 36% of all Medicare Part B therapy sales occurred at 340B hospitals in 2021 , up nearly 17 percentage points since 2012, meaning care is moving from physician offices and non-340B hospitals to 340B hospitals.

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STAT+: HCA discloses massive data breach affecting 11 million patients

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The for-profit hospital giant said hackers stole the data from an external storage location that’s used to automate emails and then posted the data to an online forum. The list of affected sites includes about 1,400 hospitals and physician offices across 20 states. Nashville, Tenn.-based