title: APCs: reimbursement implications.
abstract: A transition to a new Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) will begin in July 2000, affecting many of the outpatient services provided by hospitals that participate in the Medicare program. The outpatient PPS will rely on ambulatory payment classifications (APCs) to classify outpatient services. Hospitals should anticipate that discounts and other factors will affect APC payments and take into account the impact that the new system will have on their revenue.
authors.affiliation: HSS, Inc., Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Farley
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D006278:Medicare; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D014481:United States