The study must cover costs, payments and payment rate comparisons
What the document says“A State study required under paragraph (1) shall include the following information (to the extent practicable and as further defined by the Secretary) with respect to maternity, labor, and delivery services furnished by applicable hospitals located in the State:”
The study must estimate the cost of these services at applicable hospitals and at hospitals that stopped providing labor and delivery services within the past five years, analyze how geographic location, community demographics and local economic factors affect the cost, set out what hospitals are paid under Medicare parts A and B, the State Medicaid program, the State CHIP plan and private health insurance, compare Medicaid fee-for-service rates with Medicare rates, analyze other payment methods, and evaluate whether each hospital in the State is expected to see significant changes in the next three years.
What the document actually says“A State study required under paragraph (1) shall include the following information (to the extent practicable and as further defined by the Secretary) with respect to maternity, labor, and delivery services furnished by applicable hospitals located in the State:”
The study must hold the facts listed here. It covers birth care at certain hospitals in the state. The health chief may say more about what each item means.
The list asks two kinds of question. What does the care cost? What do hospitals get paid for it? The gap between the two is the point.
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