Improving Hospital Incentives with Better Cost Data

The method currently used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to set Medicare payment rates is fairly crude. CMS could draw on cost data that are produced by hospitals’ internal systems to increase the efficiency of the health care system. Under the current Medicare payment system, hos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2017-03, Vol.376 (11), p.1010-1011
Hauptverfasser:	Ederhof, Merle, Ginsburg, Paul B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) Economics, Hospital Health care expenditures Hospital Administration Hospital Charges Hospitals Medicare Medicare - economics Prospective payment systems Reimbursement Reimbursement Mechanisms - economics United States
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