Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made hospitals very unhappy with the 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS) final rule, which includes major plans for site-neutral payments and price transparency policies.
The rule gives both outpatient departments and...Arizona News
Healthcare providers across the nation and in Arizona are bracing for the potential impacts from Medicaid cuts as lawmakers scramble to clean up the big, ugly mess caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
Although more than two million Arizonans rely on and receive health coverage from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment...CMS Rules
In order to rein in runaway healthcare spending under the Medicare program, political interest has turned to site-neutral payments as a method of keeping costs low. This week, KFF looks into site neutral payments in a new fact sheet and podcast.
Hypothetically, site-neutral payment reforms would reduce the amount Medicare pays for...
