Question 10

[h99h20baby]

"Since reimbursement rates at the large hospitals are now based on total costs, paying the large institutions a lower rate for routine care would simply raise the rates for complex care by a comparable amount. Such a reimbursement rate-adjustment might make the charges for each individual case more accurately reflect the actual costs, but there would be no reduction in total costs. "

does that contradict b??
thanks

[jellywing_2058]

The second part of the quote you posted does contradict answer choice B:

"Such a reimbursement rate-adjustment might make the charges for each individual case more accurately reflect the actual costs,"

However, this quote talks about if we were to be "paying the large institutions a lower rate for routine care" and the question talks about the way we reimburse currently which is based on the total cost.

Therefore answer choice B ("Reimbursement rates do not necessarily reflect the actual costs of providing medical care to a given patient") is a statement the author agrees with because we currently use the total cost to average out the cost of routine care.

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