grist for the mill
A not-so-secret research cacheThursday, June 12, 2003
Excerpt:"Recent evidence from our site visits suggests hospitals continue to use their formidable negotiating leverage to seek large payment rate increases from health plans—in part to reverse the effect of discounted hospital payment rates in the mid-1990s," said Bradley C. Strunk, an HSC research analyst and study coauthor.
Hospitals also may be seeking to pass through higher wage increases granted in response to labor shortages, particularly for nurses. Growth in hospital wage rates slowed in 2002 but continued to be high, growing 5.5 percent, down from 6.1 percent in 2001
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