Hospitals Flex Lobbying Muscle To Bypass Some Cuts by Jennifer Haberkorn. Politico. January 7, 2013.
Avoided were cuts aimed at equalizing the differential between outpatient and in-hospital services, cuts to graduate medical education, and cuts to subsidize bad debts. Not avoided were cuts for reimbursements for disputed (by the hospitals) coding overcharges, and aid to help hospitals who treat many uninsured patients. The strategies employed by the hospitals and economic sources of hospital power (employment, effective hospital organizations, coordinated efforts, a hospital in every congressional district) are presented here.
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