Re:Hospitals are suddenly short of young doctors because of ...
by refurb on Saturday July 18, 2020 @01:04PM
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The way Medicare funds residencies is also odd. What they do is add a pay bump to all reimbursement for a teaching hospital.
For example, for an appendectomy, a non-teaching hospital might be reimbursed $4,500. If you’re a teaching hospital you get an extra 1.3% (too lazy to look up exact number, but it’s quite small), so $4,559. And that’s for every procedure at the hospital, whether the resident was involved or not.
Seems like a more direct, “here is $80,000 for each residency spot” would make things a bit more transparent?
For example, for an appendectomy, a non-teaching hospital might be reimbursed $4,500. If you’re a teaching hospital you get an extra 1.3% (too lazy to look up exact number, but it’s quite small), so $4,559. And that’s for every procedure at the hospital, whether the resident was involved or not.
Seems like a more direct, “here is $80,000 for each residency spot” would make things a bit more transparent?