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classicman · 09-04-2009, 10:41 AM

Trauma reimbursement is set up on a "per diem" basis. The hospital charges for each thing independently. Nursing staff, medication, supplies.... The total could be somewhere in the $1,000,000 range for three weeks. However, the hospital has a "deal" with the insurance company, so they only pay out about $66,000. The hospital writes off the rest. . . or so I've heard.

09-04-2009, 10:41 AM	#642
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Trauma reimbursement is set up on a "per diem" basis. The hospital charges for each thing independently. Nursing staff, medication, supplies.... The total could be somewhere in the $1,000,000 range for three weeks. However, the hospital has a "deal" with the insurance company, so they only pay out about $66,000. The hospital writes off the rest. . . or so I've heard. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt