Ready? What to expect from rehabilitation PPS.
Rehabilitation hospitals and units are the next providers to take on the Health Care Financing Administration's prospective payment system (PPS). As the rehabilitation PPS takes effect April 1, rehab case managers and other professionals face the daunting task of learning to use the Minimum Dataset Post-Acute Coding and the new functionally related group billing system. It promises to offer initial financial confusion and coding challenges as rehab professionals learn the new techniques and how to use them effectively. Hospitals and units will be searching for new strategies to be sure they survive economically and productively in the coming years.
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