Focuses on the proposed Medicare outpatient prospective-payment system (PPS) in the United States. Major redistribution effects of the rule; Comments from Linda Magno of the American Hospitals Associ...
even complications that are possibly preventable. Frequently, the Medicare payment system has paired DRGs: one DRG for the condition and one DRG for the condition
The Impact of PPS on Hospital-Sponsored Post-Acute Services: A Case Study of Delaware Medicare Providers. Hospitals were the first providers to experience the change in Medicare reimbursement from a cost basis to the prospective payment system (PPS). In the 198... Kulesher,R Robert,Wilder,.....
although phased-in, reduction to their bad debt reimbursement. Medicare reimbursement remains, and will likely remain in the future, a zero-sum game where an increase in reimbursement for one service, supplier, or provider usually means a decrease in reimbursement for other services, suppliers or ...
Thus, negative Medicare margins in this sector are less likely to be successfully offset by relying upon other services or payors. Beneficiaries are particularly concerned that a negative mean Medicare margin would endanger access to care. While it may be unlikely that there would be a large ...
Reports on the annual budget increase received by rural hospitals with swing beds under the skilled nursing system prospective payment system (SNF-PPS) of the United States. Added costs associated with...
Outpatient PPS rule means average 4% payment hike 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 10 作者: Austin, Kate 摘要: Reports on the release of the 2005 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2, 2004. Impact ...
The article reports on the letters sent by legislators in the U.S. Congress to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which urged CMS to reconsider its plan of reducing Medicare payments of hospitals through a coding offset in its proposed fiscal year 2012 inpatient payment system...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2, 2004. Impact of the OPPS rule; Overview of the OPPS; Comments from the American Hospital Association on the actions taken by the CMS reg...