Phase 1: Enactment & build · Step 1.8

Set hospital global budgets

Months 6–18; annual negotiation thereafter · UHA regional offices; Payment Rates BoardDiscuss this step

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Task 1.8.5 of 7

Pay budgets in 26 bi-weekly installments; hospitals submit encounter data (not claims) for every patient.

Who does it

UHA

When

Month 18+

Trade-off

Encounter data instead of claims cuts billing staff but reduces line-item detail for audits.

Part of: Set hospital global budgets

Each hospital gets an annual operating budget covering all UHP patients, negotiated with its regional office. In aggregate, hospital spending goes from $1.63T to $1.62T (price effect −$69.9B, utilization +$51.5B).

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