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

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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. Naturally, hospitals cheered regulators for increasing payments. But they don’t want the government to stop there.

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

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  The reforms, called “site-neutral” payments, would equalize Medicare payments for some services provided at hospital outpatient departments with what the program pays physician offices for the same services.

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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+: Medicare paid substantially more for J&J’s Stelara when it was covered under Part D than under Part B

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A popular biologic medicine used to combat autoimmune diseases cost Medicare and its beneficiaries considerably more when the injectable treatment was obtained at pharmacies rather than injected in physician offices due to different methods for determining payment, a new analysis found.

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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. But Republicans in the House and Senate are divided over the issue, creating a major obstacle to passage anytime soon.

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

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The list of affected sites includes about 1,400 hospitals and physician offices across 20 states. -based HCA, which operates more than 180 hospitals, said the compromised information includes patients’ names, email addresses, and service locations, but the company does not believe it includes clinical or payment information.