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Seniors could pay less starting in January for X-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs or other scans administered in a hospital under a proposal released Thursday by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

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Medicare intends to reduce payments to hospitals for routine imaging services, putting them on par with what it pays doctor\u2019s offices for the same services, according to two White House officials who detailed the proposed rule for NOTUS.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Trump administration\u2019s most aggressive move yet to curb Medicare payments to hospitals, which receive two to four times more on average than doctor\u2019s offices for identical outpatient procedures and who have played an outsized role in driving up health-care spending in the United States.<\/p>\n

Past administrations and Congress have taken incremental steps to equalize hospital and doctor\u2019s office payments, something called \u201csite-neutral\u201d payments. These efforts have engendered sharp opposition by hospitals, which argue they serve sicker, more complex patients and are subject to larger overhead and licensing costs than independent physician\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n

The administration \u201cis very interested in pushing the envelope on how far we can get on site-neutral because we think it is very good policy,\u201d a White House official said.<\/p>\n

Hospitals are increasingly acquiring independent doctor\u2019s offices. When a doctor\u2019s office is acquired, it can start billing Medicare at the higher hospital rate \u2013 even if the office isn\u2019t physically in a hospital building.<\/p>\n

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates the payment cuts would save the Medicare trust fund $9.5 billion over a decade. The rate cuts wouldn\u2019t apply to scans in which the patient swallows or is injected with contrast agents like dyes to make blood vessels and tissues more visible.<\/p>\n

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The Congressional Budget Office has estimated<\/u><\/span> the policy applied to all scans \u2013 including those in which contrast agents are used \u2013 would result in $7.6 billion in savings over a similar window.<\/p>\n

Medicare patients would also save on out-of-pocket costs since they typically have to cover 20 percent coinsurance.<\/p>\n

The proposal, which is part of a larger annual regulation on hospital outpatient payments, isn\u2019t final and must go through a public comment period. It would go into effect Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

Site-neutral payments have bipartisan appeal. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) and Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) introduced a broad framework for it in late 2024.<\/p>\n

Last year, the administration applied \u201csite-neutral\u201d payments to drug administration services \u2013 like chemotherapy and other injections \u2013 provided at off-campus hospital outpatient departments.<\/p>\n

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