In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health
on Fri, 2015-10-23 00:00 lisabeth
Think for a moment about what would happen if you upended the whole system of financial incentives for hospitals.
What if you said goodbye to what's known as fee-for-service, where hospitals are paid for each procedure, each visit to the emergency room, each overnight stay? What if, instead, hospitals got a fixed pot of money for the whole year, no matter how many people came through the door?
Links:
[1] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/23/451212483/in-maryland-a-change-in-how-hospitals-are-paid-boosts-public-health?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23144283&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--gqMqTBK2tOZnJqPCMxEK3g85R2yEL0zQCZvqVpVQT-zcNV1XXg_MVd8X-RKOppKpejH4f3HwPFYRpY5q65b6bDjzpdg&_hsmi=23144283