title: Outpatient PPS switch likely to be delayed.
abstract: Congress approved a Medicare bill that likely will delay implementation of the final rule from the Health Care Financing Administration on ambulatory patient classifications. Even a one-year time period may not be enough to improve documentation adequately, so ED managers must start preparing now. Consider investing in documentation improvement tools, such as template paper records, disk transcriptions, and computerized emergency medical records.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004282:Documentation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States