TPA Says It’s Impossible To Reprice Hospital Claims To Medicare

A TPA for a Reference Based Pricing plan was found repricing inpatient hospital claims at a % of billed charges instead using Medicare rates as the claim benchmark. When questioned the TPA sent the following email response:

It’s impossible to reprice hospital claims to Medicare. Therefore, RBP repricing is approximated by paying a percentage of billed charges.

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