title: Achieving short-term Medicare savings through the expansion of the prospective payment system.
abstract: This article addresses the introduction of competition into the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS), the application of aa expanded PPS to ensure that Medicare is not paying more than the market price for comparable services, the expansion of the Medicare PPS to outpatient services, and the expansion of the Medicare PPS to physician fees for inpatient care.
authors.affiliation: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Averill
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kalison
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vertrees
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goldfield
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004465:Economic Competition; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States