The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert

<p>Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.</p><br><p>This <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2023/05/04/site-neutral-payment-medicare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">week</a>, we explain an old policy gathering new steam in Washington, how it could save Medicare and patients billions of dollars a year, and why it has hospitals worried.</p><br><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/loren-adler/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Loren Adler</a>, MS, Fellow and Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy</p><p><a href="https://www.aei.org/profile/joseph-antos/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Antos</a>, PhD, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute</p><p><a href="https://ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-directory/amol-s-navathe-md-phd/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amol Navathe</a>, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania</p><p><a href="https://directory.sph.umn.edu/bio/sph-a-z/hannah-neprash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hannah Neprash</a>, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.aha.org/about/leadership/executive-teamt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ashley Thompson</a>, MHA, Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association</p><br><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://www.tradeoffs.org/2023/05/04/site-neutral-payment-medicare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org