Burgess To Becerra: Site Neutral Policies Can Replace Budget Neutrality | InsideHealthPolicy.com
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) told HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra that implementing uniform payments for health care services across all settings, whether in a physician’s office or a hospital, could eliminate the need for other financial offsets typically required by budget neutrality, which mandates any new spending or policy change cannot increase the federal deficit.