Significant Vulnerabilities Exist in the Hospital Wage Index System for Medicare Payments
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Description
Reports on 41 examinations of wage data of individual acute
care hospitals from 2004 to 2017 to describe significant
vulnerabilities observed in the wage index system for
Medicare payments. Includes discussion on the rural floor
wage index and the effects it has on wage index accuracy.
Offers recommendations to reform the hospital wage index
system.
Date
11/2018
Organization
Office of Inspector General (HHS)
Tagged as
Hospitals
· Medicare
· Policy
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Rural-urban differences