title: Is there a cure for Medicare's outpatient payment pains?
abstract: Though HCFA is getting ready to release a new report to Congress on Medicare outpatient payment reform, there's consensus that a broad overhaul of the outpatient payment system is still in the distance. So when--and how--will the nightmare of a broken payment system be fixed?
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blankenau
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States