title: The transition to prospective payment changes the face of home care.
abstract: Home care agencies are actually looking forward to the imminent implementation of the Prospective Payment System, as mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997--that is, if they can survive the implementation of the Interim Payment System.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McSpedon
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003625:Data Collection; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States