Medicare Covers a Lower Percentage of Outpatient Costs in Hospitals Located in Rural Areas
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Description
Policy brief describing differences in Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) payments between urban and rural hospitals. Features statistics on OPPS payments as a percent of total net patient revenue, as a percent of Medicare outpatient cost by hospital payment classification, and as a percent of Medicare outpatient cost by number of acute beds, with breakdowns by urban and rural location.
Author(s)
Pranathi Sana, George H. Pink
Date
09/2021
Type
Document
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Medicare · Outpatient care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Sole Community Hospitals · Statistics and data