Physician-led hospitals offer lower costs: 3 stats to know

Fifty-nine percent of physician-led hospitals offer below-median costs per Medicare beneficiary compared to 51 percent of all hospitals, according to a Sept. 22 study from consultant Ndp | Analytics. 

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Here are two more stats from the report:

  1. Physician-led hospitals had an average patient experience rating of 3.9, compared to 3.2 for all hospitals. 
  2. Physician-led hospitals generated $217 million in Medicare cost savings and provided $240 million in charity care.

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