Cost-Shifting,
assume your organization has 100 patients analyzed in the manner:
15 Medicare Patients, who pay $2000 per diagnosis
25 Medicaid patients, who pay $1,800 per diagnosis
20 managed care patients, who pay charges minus a 20% discount
10 managed care patients, who pay charges minus a 25% discount
10 private insurance patients, who pay charges
10 charity care patents, who pay nothing; 10 bad debt patients
who pay nothing. Your organization's average coast per patient is $2,000. Calculate the charge necessary to recover your cost.