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it’s more complex. The patient is at a higher level of care but they also aren’t paying a single penny for the additional stay. And the money isn’t coming from anthem to the hospital per se because they likely are paying under a diagnosis code and a lesser rate for additional days. The hospital is losing out on some opportunity costs possibly but if they needed the bed meaning they had patients to replace the current one being discharged suddenly the problem would be fixed after one manager phoned another.