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Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S.4009) & the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act (H.R.8747)
Medicare pays most acute-care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume.
Select Financial, Operating and Patient Characteristics of POHs Compared to Non-POHs Fact Sheet
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined select operating, financial and patient characteristics of hospitals in categories defined by hospital ownership.1 This fact sheet provides descriptive statistics for physician owned hospitals (POHs) compared to non-physician owned hospitals.
Out of Touch with Reality: Pushing Back on Editorial in The Washington Post Calling for Medicare Cuts to Hospitals and Health Systems
The editorial board of The Washington Post has published an opinion piece cal
Analysis of Selected Medicare Quality Measure Reporting Data by Hospital Ownership
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined Medicare claims data comparing demographic and clinical characteristics of facilities and patients receiving care at physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and all other acute care hospitals (non-POHs). That report showed that relative to POHs, non-POHs care for older, more medically complex patients who are on average burdened with multiple co-morbid conditions, while also operating on lower margins and providing more uncompensated and unreimbursed care.
Out of Touch with Reality: AHA Pushes Back on Editorial in Washington Post Calling for Medicare Cuts to Hospitals
The editorial board of The Washington Post has published an opinion piece calling for payment cuts to hospitals and health systems as part of efforts to stabilize the Medicare program.