CSPAN Public Affairs September 24, 2013
Hospital readmissions and that changed and that the lower hospital recommissions is driving the lower part. We are seeing dramatic reductions in per capita spending for the part dmp side, primarily a shift from brands to generics and kind of. Undamental, kind of pipeline lower part a and part d are driving the overall slowdown. Think that phenomenal experience for the medicare program. Part b is continuing to rise, which may make sense as hospitals shift care from the inpatient side to lower cost outpatient side. The first take away of the slide is that the overall economy isnt driving we cove...