Payment at Bronson Battle Creek Hospital

The payment for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia measures add up all payments made for care starting the day the patient enters the hospital and continuing for the next 30 days. The payment for hip/knee replacement measure adds up payments starting the day the patient enters the hospital and continuing for the next 90 days. This can include payments made to the hospital, doctor's office, skilled nursing facility, hospice, as well as patient copayments made during this time. Payments can be from Medicare, other health insurers, or the patients themselves. Looking at how payments vary is one way to see differences in how hospitals and other healthcare providers care for patients.

Payment