Contrast the double digit premium increases demanded by HMOs for 1999 and 2000 with the recent Medicare announcement. Medicare will add 1.1% to hospital payments for overnight stays as this year’s inflation adjustment. With annual inflation under 2%, it certainly causes one to wonder what HMOs really do with their premium dollars. It seems to […]
“August 9, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume VI No. 11 - August 9, 1999 Issue
