The introduction of Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS) meant an important change in the environment of US hospitals. The new payment system was expected to improve clinical and non-clinical efficiency i
Medicares hospital costs under this payment system increased dramatically; between 1967 and 1983, costs rose from $3 billion to $37 billion annually.1 In 1982, Congress mandated the creation of a prospective payment system (PPS) to control costs. Congress looked at the success of State rate ...
Rationale: The Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) contains incentives for hospitals to improve efficiency by placing them at financial risk to earn a positive margin on services rendered to Medicare patients. Concerns about the financial viability of small rural hospitals led to the ...
This consumer education document is intended to provide a complete description of Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) for hospitals from the consumer's point of view and to provide basic information on how consumers can protect their rights to appropriate hospital care under Medicare. The fi...
The 72 hour rule is part of the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS). The rule states thatany outpatient diagnostic or other medical services performed within 72 hours prior to being admitted to the hospital must be bundled into one bill. ...
The development of the Medicare Prospective Payment System based on diagnosis-relating groupings is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on analysis of the provisions that have a potential impact on geriatric medicine and on the care of the frail elderly. The authors conclude that in its present ...
in service use underlying the changes in spending; (2) the extent of the changes in use across beneficiaries, home health agencies (HHA), and locations; and (3) identify any implications these new patterns of home health use have for the impact of the prospective payment system (PPS)."关键...
In the Balanced Budget Amendment of 1997, Medicare changed from paying a fee per home health visit to a Prospective Payment System (PPS). Under the PPS system, which began in 2000 after a 3-year interim system, Medicare pays a fixed amount for HHC in 60-day episodes. These Medicare ...
《海外直订医药图书Medicare System of Prospective Payment 预期支付医疗保险制度》,作者:海外直订医药图书Medicare System of Prospective Payment 预期支付医疗保险制度Barzansky 著,出版社:ABC-CLIO,ISBN:9780275920098。
At the same time Medicare came out with a prospective payment system (PPS) for LTACHs (see previous post) a similar new payment system was instituted for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs). Under the old payment system, TEFRA reimbursed IRFs for the cost of care for Medicare patients...