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Hospital Finance: Signs Of ‘Pushback’ Amid Resurgent Cost Pressures

A flimsy measure to begin with, the estimated bankruptcy date for the Medicare Part A Trust Fund is being replaced by indicators of the financial condition of the nation’s hospitals as the health system’s most closely watched vital sign.¹

But in the aftermath of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, the perennial difficulties of assessing hospital financial performance have only been compounded. Medicare prospective payment inpatient margins, the indicator traditionally used by Congress to guide payment decisions, reached an all-time high of 17 percent in 1997, fueling the perception that most hospitals were fat and happy and providing much . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Consolidation And Pushback

 

Walk-Aways And Volume Growth

 

Cost Factors

 

Cost Management

 

Varieties Of Experience

 

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