ACRO Joins Coalition in Letter to MedPAC Addressing Site-Neutral Payments

ACRO recently signed onto a letter from a total of 15 organizations to the leadership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) expressing some concerns with their recommendation on alignment of fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings.  “While we are generally supportive of site-neutral payments, simply setting payment rates for a certain service equal to the setting with the lowest payment is not the solution. Slashing all payments to the lowest amount in any setting will create instability in the market and may lead to situations where services are no longer provided due to such a significant reduction in reimbursement, particularly in underserved areas.”

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