Jianjing Li (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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Find the paper here. Title: How do hospitals respond to payment incentives? Abstract: A recent literature finds that hospitals “upcode” when doing so increases revenues, suggesting that incomplete information creates substantial distortions. However, reporting complete information is itself costly. We examine the impact of both revenues and coding costs on Read more…