Increases In Consumer Cost Sharing Redirect Patient Volumes And Reduce Hospital Prices For Orthopedic Surgery
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Increases in consumer cost sharing redirect patient volumes and reduce hospital prices for orthopedic surgery.
Some employers are implementing reference-pricing benefit designs, which establish limits on the amount they will pay for some procedures covered by employer-sponsored insurance. Employees are required to pay the difference between the employer's contribution limit and the actual price received by the hospital. These initiatives encourage patients to select low-price facilities and indirectly e...
متن کاملRe: increases in consumer cost sharing redirect patient volumes and reduce hospital prices for orthopedic surgery.
Some employers are implementing reference-pricing benefit designs, which establish limits on the amount they will pay for some procedures covered by employer-sponsored insurance. Employees are required to pay the difference between the employer’s contribution limit and the actual price received by the hospital. These initiatives encourage patients to select low-price facilities and indirectly e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0188