Benchmark of the Week: Inpatient/outpatient ratio by specialty, 2006 vs. 2010
Effective Aug 27, 2012
Published Aug 27, 2012
These charts show the latest trends in inpatient versus outpatient services billed to Medicare per specialty, comparing 2010 ratios with 2006. All percentages come from a Part B News analysis of the latest Medicare claims data available. Inpatient services are defined as those that were billed with place of service (POS) codes 21 (inpatient hospital) or 23 (emergency room) and outpatient services were billed with POS codes 11 (office) or 22 (outpatient hospital). Note: The percentage figures refer to the share of all utilization for each specialty in a given POS. For example, cardiologists in 2010 billed 24.7% of Medicare services using POS codes 21 and 23 and 75.3% with POS codes 11 and 22.
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