Consumers First Submits Comment Letter to CMS on CY2024 Outpatient Hospital Proposed Rule on Price Transparency and Site Neutrality

Consumers First submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the CY 2024 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule, which sets the payment rates for how most hospitals are paid for outpatient care throughout the health care system.
The comment letter expands on the following recommendations:

• Strengthen and improve the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
• Renew efforts to implement comprehensive site neutral payment policy.
• Integrate health equity into data collection and hospital quality measures.