Exploring the Relationship Between Inpatient Facility and Physician Services

Abstract

Proposals that reduce inpatient physician expenditures also would reduce facility expenditures in the long-run.

Measuring Underuse of Necessary Care Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries Using Inpatient and Outpatient Claims

“…Adding outpatient claims to the system, as we did, may improve chartclaims agreement. 42 Another potential limitation involves tracking medical services obtained outside of the Medicare program. While Medicare is the primary payer and, thus, will receive the vast majority of claims even for services that other programs cover secondarily, there are some service categories that may be underrepresented.…”