Hospitals Double Dip on Spine Surgeries (Biloine Young @ OTW)
Some California hospitals collect duplicate payments for spinal surgeries—get paid twice—according to a report by California Watch, founded by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Reporter Bernice Yeung writes in the June 19 news release that this practice amounted to additional costs of $67.5 million in 2010. And it is all due to the way California’s workers’ compensation program reimburses providers for spine surgery.
The California workers’ compensation program pays hospitals 120%, as compared to what Medicare pays, for injure...
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