Hospital payment caps could save millions of dollars for state employee health plans
December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 11 -- Brown University issued the following news:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] State employee health plans could have saved $7.1 billion nationwide by capping hospital payments at 200% of Medicare rates in 2022, a study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found."States are under growing budgetary pressure due to rising health care spending, primarily through increases in hospital and drug prices," said st . . .
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] State employee health plans could have saved $7.1 billion nationwide by capping hospital payments at 200% of Medicare rates in 2022, a study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found."States are under growing budgetary pressure due to rising health care spending, primarily through increases in hospital and drug prices," said st . . .