title: Home health PPS: new payment system, new hope.
abstract: In light of the financial turmoil most home health providers experienced over the past two years, a new payment system brings a sense of hope. The prospective payment methodology will provide different incentives than a cost-based reimbursement system. These new incentives will open the way for new approaches to deliver home health care. However, this new hope is accompanied by a sense of anxiety because the system is new and untested.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: St Pierre
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Dombi
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States