Association of Commercial-to-Medicare Relative Prices With Health System Financial Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Various studies have documented the rise in commercial insurance prices during the past 2 decades; however, estimates on the association of rising costs with health systems' financial health are lacking. This study calculated 2 measures from standardized Audited Financial Statements (AFSs)-operating margins and days of unrestricted cash on hand-to explore the associations.

Objective

To estimate the association between health systems' financial condition and the ratio of commercial to Medicare relative prices.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis combined standardized 2018 AFSs from a large sample of US health systems with publicly available relative price data to assess the association between their financial outcomes and commerci

SUBMITTER: Blavin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9918880 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature