Hospitals are fighting a Medicare payment fix that would save tax dollars

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/13/ [login to see] /medicare-hospital-site-neutral-payment-cut
The point of contention: For decades, Medicare has paid hospitals — including hospital-owned physician practices that may not be physically located in a hospital building — about double the rates it pays other doctors and facilities for the same services, such as mammograms, colonoscopies and blood tests.