HR 3561, also known as the PATIENT Act, was introduced May 22 and recommended to the full House following a 49-0 vote May 24 by the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The bill would also impose billions of dollars a year in additional site-neutral payment reductions to services provided in off-campus hospital outpatient departments and modify hospital price transparency requirements.
Meanwhile, the American Hospital Association, along with eight other medical organizations, signed a letter opposing the aspects of the bill requiring physician-ownership reporting and reducing site-neutral payments. The AHA called the additional reporting requirements “overly burdensome and redundant to other reporting.”
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