Jeff Lagasse
The study found that 30-day mortality rates were 1.5 percent lower at teaching hospitals, and that rate was consistent across nearly every procedure and condition.
Younger patients, those with higher deductibles and those living in a higher-income community were the most likely to use the tool.
The findings suggest that the move by CMS to remove pain management from consideration will have little effect on hospital payments.
Lower-income people tend to be eligible for larger tax credits under ACA; higher-income individuals tend to receive larger credits under AHCA.
There could be a slowdown of the momentum created by the ACA towards care coordination and value-based care initiatives, analysts say.
Authors caution that the findings should be considered exploratory, but say that the gap could be bridged by continuing education, re-training.
New report says patient-to-doctor ratio shows "healthy surplus" of docs; other report says aging population will exacerbate shortage.
Medicaid expansion was associated with a 4 percentage point increase in operating margins for rural hospitals.
Company took a $3.5 million hit resulting from two hospitals the company divested in December.
Study points to decreased funding for Medicaid as underlying reason; More than half of children's hospital's patients are insured by Medicaid.