[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

My guess is that those "royalty fees" go toward paying the TV Health physicians' the decent, stable salaries where the almost-all Medicare payments cause revenue shortfalls.

And as for thinking that there are other retirement places with similar Medicare-percentage populations in the clinic and hospital mix……not so. Other retirement communities use community hospitals with all other ages groups mixed in, yielding a lower risk pool of claimants, and more reimbursement from private insurance that pays more. I know I have read that The Villages Regional Hospital is the largest Medicare biller in the country (and I'll try to find that reference again.)

Guessing is not really a good business plan, also the Villages doesn't do much if any indigent care to drain resources. Unless there is a study to back it up we don't really know what other communities do but any hospital can inflate costs and say they are losing on Medicare. Wouldn't make business sense for them to say, don't worry we are making plenty of money as it now.. Instead it is always we need more, more, more.