title: Healthcare's crown jewels. A looming 15% reduction in Medicare payments could tarnish the financial viability of teaching hospitals, studies say. Others, however, say they'll keep shining despite the scheduled cuts.
abstract: Though saddled with higher costs than other hospitals, teaching hospitals reap plump margins on Medicare. But that could change this fall. A volley of studies say a looming 15% cut in indirect medical education payments and disproportionate-share payments could threaten the financial viability of healthcare's crown jewels unless Congress reverses current law.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lovern
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014146:Training Support / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States