Thursday, May 22, 2014

Should Hospital receive more than MD Office for same service

Legislative representatives continue to struggle with health care delivery and Medicare reimbursement.  Specifically, should Medicare be paying providers the same for a service, no matter where it is performed?  Why would the patient care?

As the Medicare reimbursement goes up so does the patient's out of pocket contribution.  A similar treatment regimen for cancer can be conducted in a hospital outpatient delivery setting or a physicians clinic office.  Same treatments, but the hospital receives a much higher reimbursement rate.

Suddenly a large hospital network purchases the physicians clinic office practice and the existing population must pay more for the same service.  Medicare is a pool of money that public representatives will continue to develop strategies to reduce out flow.  Introducing bills that would require Medicare to pay providers the same for a service no matter where it is performed is one of those strategies.

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