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DO LOW PRICES DRIVE HOSPITALS TO SHIFT TO MEDICARE?
When health care providers stand to make less money from private plans, Medicare spending picks up.
The findings suggest physicians and hospitals may be shifting some services to Medicare when they stand to make more money by doing so. But, more research is needed to clearly identify the cause, experts say. “It turns out that what happens in private health care may not stay in private health care,” says John Romley, research assistant professor at the Price School of Public Policy at University of Southern California….Read More
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