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Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Kill
John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Link to more items from this source
Feb. 21, 2014
"Under the Balanced Budget Amendment of 1997, different classes of hospitals received different cuts in Medicare reimbursement. The cuts reduced Medicare inpatient payment by an estimated 5 percent between 1998 and 2000. By contrast, the [ACA] will reduce DRG payments by 1.1 percent per year indefinitely. A 2013 article ... examines the effect of the BBA reimbursement rate cuts on risk-adjusted mortality rates 7, 30, 90, and 365 days after hospital admission. [The authors] find that the risk of dying increases with the size of Medicare reimbursement cuts."

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