title: Interim Payment System and risk management.
abstract: To stay afloat under the new Interim Payment System, agencies will need to be aware of the legal implications of the new changes. Agencies need to take deliberate steps to manage the risks that are sure to ensue under the new system of restricted payments.
authors.affiliation: National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Dombi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: St Pierre
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States