title: Solving the Medicare equation. Are margins the most effective way to measure a hospital's fiscal health?
abstract: Citing soaring hospital profit margins, lawmakers froze Medicare hospital reimbursements for this fiscal year, the first such freeze in history. Critics counter that profit margins don't paint a fair picture of hospitals' financial condition. They complain that recent rosy forecasts by congressional Medicare advisory commissions mask the fact that many hospitals lie on the brink of financial ruin.
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authors: Weissenstein
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D003625:Data Collection; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011057:Politics; D011444:Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; D014481:United States