Objective: To examine the use and cost of sustained-release corticosteroids in patients with Medicare who underwent cataract surgery in the US during the temporary pass-through reimbursement program period. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study examined Medicare fee-for-service ...
” AHA CEO Rick Pollacksaidin a letter toThe Wall Street Journal. “HOPDs treat sicker, lower-income Medicare patients and those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, with more complex and chronic conditions than those treated in independent...
Cost sharing and cost shifting mechanisms are of vital importance in a prospective payment system. This paper employed the difference-in-differences method to estimate the impacts of a per diem system with inverted-U-shape rates on medical costs and the