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Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago

One term that UnitedHealth executives obsessed over was “admits per thousand” – APK for short. It was a measure of the rate that nursing homes sent their residents to the hospital. Under the “Premium Dividend” program, a low APK qualified a nursing home for the various bonus payments the insurer offered. A high APK meant that a nursing home received nothing

This is just so un ethical playing games with people's health and lives.

Private healthcare is a failure. These companies priorities profits over public health.