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For scale, cutting administrative costs to peer country levels would represent roughly one-third to half the gap. A 2009 study from Price Waterhouse Coopers estimated $210 billion in savings from unnecessary billing and administrative costs, a figure that would be considerably higher in 2015 dollars. [50] Cost variation across hospital regions.
In its section on readmissions, CMS made the case for closer tracking of hospital readmissions and tying reimbursement to lowering them, citing a 17.6% 30-day readmission rate for Medicare enrollees in 2005, at a cost of $15 billion.
Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare is seeking to add the Manchester hospital to its portfolio of 188 hospitals in 20 states and the United ... HCA makes bigger profits, scores lower with patients Skip ...
For 5 years beginning in 2014, Maryland will limit the growth of per capita hospital costs to the lesser of 3.58% or 0.5% less than the actual national growth rate for 2015 through 2018. The change is forecast to save Medicare at least $330 million. 3.58% is Maryland's historical 10-year growth rate of per capita gross state product.
Advocate Health Care, an accountable care organization in Chicago, Illinois, implemented a nutrition care program at four of its Chicago area hospitals, an initiative that resulted in more than $4.8 million in cost savings within 6 months due to shorter hospital states and lower readmission rates (reduced 30 day readmission rates by 27% and the ...
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Costs per stay increased 47% since 1997, averaging $10,000 in 2011 (equivalent to $13,544 in 2023 [31]). [132] As of 2008, public spending accounts for between 45% and 56% of US healthcare spending. [133] Surgical, injury, and maternal and neonatal health hospital visit costs increased by more than 2% each year from 2003–2011.