STAT+: Medicare backs off plan for quicker clawback of $7.8 billion from hospitals
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Hospitals scored a win in Medicare\u2019s final outpatient payment rule for 2026, as they persuaded federal Medicare officials to back off a plan that would have clawed back $7.8 billion a decade sooner than originally planned.<\/p>\n
However, hospitals didn\u2019t get everything they wanted. Medicare will move forward with surveys that will pinpoint how much drugs cost for hospitals \u2014 surveys that hospitals have fended off for 20 years. <\/p>\n
If the results of the survey reveal excessive profit margins on drugs, hospitals may face cuts from Medicare in the future. And Medicare officials finalized their proposal to eliminate the list of surgeries<\/a> that can only be done in inpatient settings, opening the way for thousands of surgeries to be done for less money in surgery centers and outpatient clinics.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n