Is your health system ready for more site-neutral payments?

Published on December 3, 2025

The healthcare payment landscape continues to face uncertainty as support grows for additional "site neutrality" in reimbursement, with the policy goal of reducing or eliminating payment differentials between hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) and freestanding physician offices or ambulatory care sites for the same services.

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