the way i understand it, from the inpatient side of things, the medicare payment structure is structured so that for each hospitalization, you're paid a certain

the way i understand it, from the inpatient side of things, the medicare payment structure is structured so that for each hospitalization, you're paid a certain amount, known as a DRG. Therefore, the hospital is incentivized to boot you out as soon as possible. C diff infections (for which fecal transplants apparently look extremely promising), cause extended hospitalization, eating into the DRG, and therefore, reducing overall reimbursements. So fecal transplants aren't as disadvantaged as you might think. With this whole incentives thing - the incentives of the insurance company (to pay as little as possible) do play a role in all of this.