QUESTION
How is funding for bariatric surgeries allocated at NYC Health and Hospitals?
1:41:40
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NYC Health and Hospitals (H+H) allocates funding from bariatric surgeries to the overall pool of services, without specifying amounts for individual services.
- H+H bills insurance for bariatric surgery without charging individuals directly.
- Funds collected are added to an overall pool, not allocated to specific services.
- Revenue distribution aims for equitable service across hospitals, regardless of the ratio of private payers.
- Funding distribution is based on the volume of patients, ensuring resources match the needs of the hospitals.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:41:40
Does a hospital receive funding based on the number of biiatrics surgeries that I perform.
1:41:45
And if so, where does the funding come from and what is the money allocated toward?
Mitch Katz
1:41:51
For bariatric surgery, it says we do everything that we do.
1:41:55
We we bill insurance, and we try very hard to collect from insurance, not from individual people.
1:42:02
And the money goes to the overall pool of services that we provide.
1:42:07
So, again, we've never We've never set specific dollar to a specific service.
1:42:16
Another way of of looking at the importance is not all our hospital have equal percentages of private payers.
1:42:24
Some of our hospitals have more private payers.
1:42:26
Some of our hospitals have fewer.
1:42:28
We don't wanna provide more care at the hospitals that have better insurance.
1:42:32
We want to provide the same care to everybody.
1:42:36
And so for that, it's important that all of the revenue we collect goes back into the money, and then we distribute it by volume.
1:42:44
You have more patients.
1:42:45
We're gonna send more money to your hospital.
1:42:48
Right?
1:42:48
It all follows a formula of ex patients equals ex nurses.
1:42:52
If equal x doctors, equal x medications, and it should all be based on what people's actual needs are.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:42:59
Thank you.
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