This bill allows Medicare to cover more services provided at off-campus outpatient departments, making it easier for patients to access care. It aims to standardize payment rates for these services, ensuring fair treatment for patients and providers.
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.