a physician is a medical doctor who provides health care services to the people. he contributes to the revenue by giving the health care services to the people in need and in return charging a fee from them, thereby earning a revenue. at the same they are paid either a fixed amount of income, or an income based on the number of patients that they are attending, or a mixture of both.
what is the role of physcian in a hospitals revenue and cost flow?, How do physcian...
Please answer the following question as such. How do public reporting and payment incentives affect the quality of care provided by hospitals, physicians and and the following: Pay for performance, ACOs, bundled payment, etc. Role of government / quasi-government sources Medicare Hospital Compare/Nursing Home Compare Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Role of non-governmental organizations Joint Commission / NCQA / Leapfrog Group and other collaboratives
what role has health insurance had in the increase in hospitals and physicians since the 1930s?
In a three to four page paper describe the evolution of hospitals in the US. How have they changed? What are the current trends? How will the hospital of the future look like? How will cost, quality, and access be impacted by these trends?
Hospitals Hospitals respond strategically to the way they are reimbursed. For-profit hospitals seek to maximize revenues and minimize costs in order to maximize profit. Not-for-profit hospitals also seek to maximize revenues, but have no incentive to minimize costs. However, they may seek to minimize the costs of patient care in ways that allow them to increase the prestige of the hospital (e.g. by purchasing expensive new medical technology.) Hence, for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals are likely to respond to reimbursement mechanisms...
Please answer the following question as such. How do public reporting and payment incentives affect the quality of care provided by hospitals, physicians and and the following: Pay for performance, ACOs, bundled payment, etc. Role of government / quasi-government sources Medicare Hospital Compare/Nursing Home Compare Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Role of non-governmental organizations Joint Commission / NCQA / Leapfrog Group and other collaboratives
How do individual independent physicians influence the behavior of hospitals and how do they do it?
5. What are economic rents? How did we distinguish “natural” vs. “appropriable” rents? How do doctors “appropriate rents”? Does this explain why MDs have done better than hospitals economically? What does this say about which hospital behavior model is probably correct?
(20 points) Suppose there are two hospitals in town, Adam Hospital and Brown Hospital. Both hospitals face similar demand and cost function. Thus, using the terminology of the Newhouse model, both hospitals have a similar production possibility curve. However, utility functions differ between these two hospitals. Adam hospital focuses on increasing access to health care in the community and hence places a higher value on providing a high quantity of hospital care. By contrast, the boss of Brown hospital focuses...
Suppose there are two hospitals in town, Adam Hospital and Brown Hospital. Both hospitals face similar demand and cost function. Thus, using the terminology of the Newhouse model, both hospitals have a similar production possibility curve. However, utility functions differ between these two hospitals. Adam hospital focuses on increasing access to health care in the community and hence places a higher value on providing a high quantity of hospital care. By contrast, the boss of Brown hospital focuses on increasing...
Describe the origins of claims of hospitals cost shifting? Describe conditions under which hospital cost shifting can occur and its causality? Describe price discrimination and its application to hospitals?