Frequent-user patients: reducing costs while making appropriate discharges.
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Understanding variation in Medicare inpatient payment.

Healthc Financ Manage. 2010 Oct;64(10):60-71

Authors: Schuhmann TM

Average Medicare payments vary widely from state to state. Average Medicare costs vary widely too but often not in concert with payment variation. As a result, many states have negative Medicare margins, and some are surprising.

PMID: 20922901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Funding a hospitalist program: which approach will you take?

Healthc Financ Manage. 2010 Aug;64(8):76-80

Authors: Greeno R

Hospitals that take a care-team approach to their hospitalist program can increase the hospital’s long-term value. Funding the program in terms of its cost reduction, revenue generation, and cost avoidance abilities creates value for hospitals. Hospitals should organize their hospitalist program so it supports the organization’s goals.

PMID: 20707265 [PubMed - in process]

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