Limited-service hospitals located in rural areas and meeting certain size, location and other requirements. CAHs are subject to less rigorous staffing standards and receive reimbursement from Medicare based on their actual costs, rather than by the more common (and...
The concept of certain purchasers paying more for medical services than they otherwise would so that others can pay less (or nothing at all), so another activity can be funded. In the U.S. health system, this mechanism has been used to pay for medical services for the...
A phenomenon whereby public health coverage programs encourage some employers to drop health coverage, urging their employees instead to take advantage of the subsidies available to them in the public program.