Why Medicare’s Hospital Wage Index Exceptions Jumped 60%

A Health Podyssey by Health Affairs

Jun 16, 202622:40Science & Medicine

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Geoffrey Hoffman of the University of Michigan about his recent paper exploring the structure of Medicare’s hospital wage index and discusses the growth of exceptions over t...

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