The Well News published a piece authored by Mathias P. Bostrom, MD, Associate Surgeon-in-Chief and Director of Quality and Safety at HSS, on payment reform and its potential impact on patient care. 

The article warns that while new “site-neutral payment” rules aim to cut costs, they risk overlooking meaningful differences in care quality. As Dr. Bostrom writes, "Not all outpatient care is interchangeable. And treating it that way could actually reduce patients’ access to highly specialized care that has been proven to lower long-term costs.“ 

This highlights the value of specialized hospitals like HSS in delivering coordinated, high-expertise treatment, and it concludes that overly broad payment changes could limit access to top-tier care and lead to worse outcomes if not implemented thoughtfully.

Read the full article at thewellnews.com.