It's more than just Tenet. Analysis shows not-for-profit hospitals, including a cluster in New Jersey, also heavily rely on outlier payments.
After using a loophole in the Medicare outlier payment program to fuel growth, Tenet Healthcare Corp. has found itself operating under a financial cloud. But the spotlight hasn't focused on many other hospitals and systems that have relied heavily on outlier payments to boost their bottom lines. At left, Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., ranks among hospitals with a high reliance on outlier payments.
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