July 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Austin FraktGo see what Bob Murray has to say on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog about Maryland’s all-payer hospital rate setting regime. He’s the outgoing executive director of Maryland’s commission that oversees the system. Here’s the one-chart version with the key numbers in blue text.
Background on all-payer available in prior posts. Many more all-payer resources via Igor Volsky.
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by Kevin Outterson on July 20th, 2011 at 18:45
According to the Dartmouth Atlas, in 2007, Maryland’s Medicare reimbursement per enrollee was 1.08, slightly above the national average. Inpatient short-stay reimbursement per enrollee was 1.36; inpatient short stay reimbursement per enrollee was 0.27.
Short answer: unit costs 3% below US average; number of units 8% above US average.
We need to control unit price, unit volume and quality, simultaneously.
by Austin Frakt on July 20th, 2011 at 19:05
Well, that’s worth a post! Unfortunately, I’m just about out of time. Vacation is imminent.