title: Outpatient PPS will create hospitals' greatest challenge. Part I.
abstract: Medicare's Outpatient Perspective Payment System is scheduled for implementation on July 1, 2000, and most providers will experience a reduction in revenue as a result. Ted Matson and Jim Georgoulakis of Ambulatory Care Advisory Group, Inc. provide an overview of this new reimbursement system and what it will mean for hospitals.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Georgoulakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D014481:United States