首页
登录
职称英语
Considering that industry analysts claim that hospital price calculations ar
Considering that industry analysts claim that hospital price calculations ar
游客
2024-09-17
43
管理
问题
Considering that industry analysts claim that hospital price calculations are arbitrary, we asked hospitals nationwide a simple question: How do you calculate your sticker prices? Five declined to comment or didn’t provide an answer, leaving Murray Askinazi, senior vice-president and CFO of Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville, New York, to offer this explanation: For an outpatient MRI(核磁共振成像), as an example, his hospital calculates its charge based on such factors as the cost of buying or leasing the machinery, the wear and tear on that machine, staff salaries, the climate control and electric bill, cleaning costs, local competitive pricing, and other costs related to the hospital’s overhead, like malpractice insurance.
Surprisingly, medical services can vary wildly from one hospital to the next. The median charge for acute appendicitis admissions at 289 medical centers and hospitals throughout California, for example, ranged from $ 1, 529 to almost $ 183, 000, an Archives of Internal Medicine study reported in April. Within San Francisco alone, the range between the lowest and highest charge was nearly $172, 000.
But hospital sticker prices matter only to a limited extent because they typically get trumped(胜过)by a higher power: the amounts that insurance companies are willing to pay for those services. The figures are determined by a negotiated contract that dictates the rate at which the companies will reimburse the hospital on the patient’s behalf. In addition, the rates paid by Medicare and Medicaid, Askinazi adds, often fail to cover the hospital’s cost of providing the service in the first place, which means some of those costs are often shifted to commercially insured patients.
Now, all those factors affect the math for one simple outpatient test. For an inpatient hospital stay, those computations sprout into an intricate vine in which every service(from radiology to pathology)generates its own charges. The hospital also has facility charges, covering room and board, certain room-use fees(such as the operating room), and nursing services, all of which get consolidated into the bill sent to you and your insurance company.
As technology advances, those charges rise. Palmer had a client from Louisville, Kentucky, who was astonished to receive a charge of $45, 330 for a prostate surgery and an overnight stay(insurance would cover only $4, 845). The billing department told Palmer that the steep price was not only because it was a robotic procedure but also because patients who receive the high-tech surgery shortly after the hospital starts offering it are helping to recoup(偿还)the facility’s equipment costs. [br] "An intricate vine" in Paragraph Four refers to_______.
选项
A、the difficulty for an inpatient hospital stay
B、the huge amount of hospital charges
C、the problem in calculating hospital charges
D、the complexity of hospital charges
答案
D
解析
语义题。根据题干提示定位到第四段第二句。an intricate vine的字面意思为“一棵错综复杂的葡萄藤”,结合下文内容The hospital also has facility charges,covering room and board,certain room—use fees…可知,医院账单很复杂,每一项服务都会产生各自的费用,故[D]为正确答案,同时排除[B]。[A]和[C]在文中并未提及,故均排除。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3762595.html
相关试题推荐
Consideringthatindustryanalystsclaimthathospitalpricecalculationsar
Consideringthatindustryanalystsclaimthathospitalpricecalculationsar
Manypeopleare______toinsectbites,andsomeevenhavetogotohospital.A、ins
Withthehospitalitysocharacteristicofthesepeople,theyopenedtheirhouse
PASSAGETHREE[br]What’stheproblemofthetraditionalBritishindustryaccord
PASSAGEONEWhyahospitalbillcostswhatitcosts.本题考查对文章的整体把握。通过文章第一段提出的问题How
Consideringthatindustryanalystsclaimthathospitalpricecalculationsar
Consideringthatindustryanalystsclaimthathospitalpricecalculationsar
Thegovernmentwillrequireallhospitalsandclinicsinsomesmallstatesto__
Sobadly_______inthecaraccidentthathehadtostayinhospitalforafewm
随机试题
Thenewsystemnowallowsfaxestobesentroundtheworld______(以最省事、最安全的方式).
易燃物品仓库内不准使用()等电器器具。A.电视机 B.电冰箱 C.电熨
治疗无排卵性功血,以下说法不正确的是A.雌、孕激素序贯法适用于青春期功血 B.
(2017年)根据《中华人民共和国测绘法》,省、自治区、直辖市行政区域界线的标准
胸部X线检查不能显示A.气胸的存在 B.血胸的存在 C.前胸肋软骨折断的征象
对于质押担保贷款,出质人应向商业银行提交的材料有()。A.担保意向书 B.出
某投机者以7800美元/吨的价格买入1手铜合约,成交后价格上涨到7950美元/吨
从交易头寸来看,期货市场上的投机者可以分为()。A.多头投机者和空头投机者 B
对建设工程档案编制质量的要求不包括()A、工程文件的内容必须真实、准确,与工程实
关于承包人工程价款的优先受偿权,下列说法中正确的是()。A.房地产纠纷案件中,
最新回复
(
0
)