Problem
1. Define the terms "hospital charges" and "hospital reimbursement." Explain why both might be misleading to the uninformed or casual reader.
2. Explain how cost shifting has led to cream skimming. Be sure to give a definition of both terms. Explain how the emergence of specialty hospitals like cardiac care hospitals may jeopardize revenues to traditional full-service hospitals if specialty hospitals take only the most profitable patients.
3. Briefly describe four sources of hospital revenue. Just describe so we know what they are and what the revenues represent.