Inflation in Hospital Charges. Implications for the California Workers' Compensation Program

Abstract

In January, Barbara Wynn testified at a California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee hearing reviewing the billing practices of hospitals owned by Tenet Health and the implications for the California workers' compensation program Tenet hospitals are under investigation by the Medicare program for inflating their charges to generate allegedly excessive payments for high-cost inpatients. RAND was asked to provide an assessment of the potential vulnerabilities that excessive charge inflation poses for the California workers' compensation system, Wynn testified that the largest risks are related to payments for extremely high-cost inpatients and for outpatient services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414767

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People

  • Barbara O. Wynn

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Compensation
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Industrial Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medicare
  • Standards
  • Surgery
  • Transplants
  • Vulnerability

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