Discussing “same-site neutral payments,” DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Stephen Love posted his latest blog in D Healthcare this morning.

“Cherry-picking an outpatient procedure and then stating that the same price should be paid regardless of location completely ignores the added costs that acute care hospitals incur when being full-service providers,” Love wrote in his blog. “The proposed same site-neutral policy by Senators Bill Cassidy and Maggie Hassan needs to be defeated because many non-hospital providers do not address the needs of the underserved or the complex emergencies hospitals face every day.”

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