title: What hospitals 'see' they get. Private sector acquiesces to providers' price hikes.
abstract: With government reimbursement continuing to be the target for budgetary squeezing, hospitals are turning to the only place where they can raise prices: the private sector. There's mounting evidence that hospitals are exacting higher rates from health plans and other nongovernmental payers, marking a resurgence of cost-shifting following a five-year hiatus.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaklevic
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D019981:Health Care Sector; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States