Question

What type of price-control measures did the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impose on Medicare hospital reimbursement?

		The ACA changed the method of hospital payment from diagnosis-related groups to a partial cost-based method per admission.
		The ACA imposed price reductions on hospitals on the basis of an assumed productivity increase, whether or not these productivity increases occur.
		The ACA changed the hospital facility fee to be the same as the facility fee paid to physicians (for the same type of visit) who are not employed by the hospital.
		The ACA reduced the fees billed by medical residents in nonteaching hospitals.

Answer 1

The ACA changed the method of hospital payment from diagnosis-related groups to a partial cost-based method per admission
Medicare did control the number of payments to the hospital by adjusting conversion factors growth rate or adjusting the Diagnosis-related groups (DRG)weights. Affordable Care Act control the health care cost by two methods, one is from health insurance coverage for the uninsured population and another one is controlling health care cost for medical services.