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Jim McDermott: So they are getting 70 percent more if they bill them as an inpatient.

On the recordMay 19, 2014
So they are getting 70 percent more if they bill them as an inpatient.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing financial incentives for hospitals to bill inpatient rather than outpatient.

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