Medicare: Increasing Hospital-Physician Consolidation Highlights Need for Payment Reform

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By James Cosgrove (au)
Year: 2015
Pages: 43
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-7176-4

Product Code: 1457871769

Description

Medicare expenditures for hospital outpatient department (HOPD) services have grown rapidly in recent years. Some policymakers have raised questions about whether this growth may be attributed to services that were typically performed in physician offices being shifted to HOPDs. This report examines, for years 2007 through 2013, (1) trends in vertical consolidation between hospitals and physicians; and (2) the extent to which higher levels of vertical consolidation were associated with more evaluation and management (E/M) office visits being performed in HOPDs. Includes recommendations. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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