The Incidental Economist referenced [1]a HCFO-funded study in a review of the literature on hospital responses to Medicare cuts. In the HCFO-funded study, Jennifer Mellor [2], College of William and Mary, and colleagues examined the impact of Medicare’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System on volume and site of care and found [3]evidence of volume shifting. In response to Medicare outpatient price cuts, hospitals either decreased or retained their Medicare volume but increased their volume of private fee-for-service patients.
Links:
[1] http://blog.academyhealth.org/hospitals-responses-to-medicare-cuts/
[2] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/examining-impact-outpatient-prospective-payment-system-hospitals-medicare-volume-and-out-pati
[3] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629612000732
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/medicare
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/organization-and-supply-care
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/provider-payment-and-behavior