{"id":344,"date":"2011-11-10T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2011-11-10T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:42:00","slug":"patients-grades-to-affect-hospitals-medicare-reimbursements-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"Patients\u2019 Grades to Affect Hospitals\u2019 Medicare Reimbursements – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patients\u2019 Grades to Affect Hospitals\u2019 Medicare Reimbursements – NYTimes.com<\/a>: Winning praise from patients has become a pressing \u2014 and often elusive \u2014 obsession for NYU and for hospitals nationwide. In the coming months, Medicare will start taking patient satisfaction into account when reimbursing hospitals. Disgruntled patients will mean reduced revenue, a frightening prospect for hospitals already facing empty beds because of the recession and pressure from insurers to hold down costs.<\/p>\n

Medicare\u2019s new rule, mandated in the Affordable Care Act, pits hospitals against one another in a competition to best satisfy patients; those with the best scores will receive more money.<\/p>\n

But some hospitals are worried that assessments from patients like Ms. Schwartz can be influenced not just by the quality of their care, but also by amenities like single rooms, renovated units and tasty food. And hospitals in cities and certain regions, like the Northeast and California, tend to get lower ratings, raising concerns that their revenues will be reduced simply because patients in those places are more disposed to grumble about things that a polite Midwesterner or Southerner would forgive.<\/p>\n

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