title: Risky business: capital equipment acquisitions in the new regulatory climate.
abstract: Capital equipment acquisition has been paralyzed by three Medicare regulations. The Prospective Payment System, Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, and Safe Harbor rules could sink healthcare provider purchasing plans without proper navigational charting.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Conbeer
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States