New healthcare price indexes aid financial analysis.
Two new price indexes are available for measuring healthcare inflation. One price index focuses on hospital care; the other focuses on physician services. Healthcare financial managers may find the new price indexes helpful when preparing and evaluating budgets, premiums, and capitation rates. Healthcare reform analysts may use the new price indexes to calculate premium caps, payment rates, and global expenditure limits.
Birch & Davis Health Management Corporation, Silver Spring, MD.
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