Boards must adopt tough stance to meet demands of prospective pricing.
Trustees will be confronting a number of new issues arising from the change to a prospective pricing system for Medicare. The author predicts what some of the effects of the new payment system will be, and the behavior changes that must be forthcoming, such as greater cooperation among boards, CEOs, and medical staffs, if hospitals are to succeed under the system.
D006075:Governing Board; D006761:Hospitals; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States