Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
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Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Hospital Profits Under the Prospective Payment System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Hospital Profitability in the Fourth Year of the Medicare Prospective Payment System
Author: For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036437
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Rural Hospitals and Medicare's Prospective Payment System
Author: Unrecognized Redistributions of Revenue in Diagnosis-related Group-based Prospective Payment Systems
Author: An Examination of Winners and Losers Under Medicare's Prospective Payment System
Author: Medicare Prospective Payment and the American Health Care System
Author: Impact of the Medicare Prospective Payment System for Hospitals
Author: Stuart GutermanPublisher:
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Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Medicare's New Hospital Payment System
Author: Louise B. RussellPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815718861
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
In 1983 Congress changed the way Medicare pays for hospital care. Under the new prospective payment system, hospitals are paid a fixed rate, set in advance, to cover a patient's stay. If costs are less than the fixed rates, the hospital keeps the profit; if the costs are more, it absorbs the loss. From the beginning, prospective payment was recognized as a revolutionary change in Medicare. Congress wanted a system that would make federal expenditures more predictable and controllable, and expected hospitals to respond by becoming more efficient. Some observers have hailed it as a successful way to control the spiraling costs of the Medicare program. Others have criticized it as arbitrary and a threat to the health of the elderly. In the six years since prospective payment was introduced, a substantial amount of evidence has accumulated about its effects. Russell looks at the major characteristics of the rate payment system, how it has changed the pattern of medical service, how these changes have affected the health of the beneficiaries, and the system's effects on Medicare outlays. She reviews what is known and what needs to be learned to arrive at a valid assessment of the system. Moreover, she contributes to the larger debate on Medicare by making what are frequently quite technical evaluations accessible to the general public.
Financial Health of the Nation's Hospitals Under Medicare
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description