title: Simulating the loss of PIP: what can hospitals expect?
abstract: With the loss of the periodic interim payment (PIP), hospitals will lose the steady flow of income they have become dependent upon. However, with the use of computer simulation, hospital administrators can see how this loss could possibly affect their institutions.
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D005544:Forecasting; D006278:Medicare; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000639:trends*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States