title: Supplies in demand. Managing medical supplies under PPS.
abstract: It is no longer news that the consolidated billing requirement under the home care prospective payment system (PPS) mandates that home care providers are responsible for providing specified supplies to patients under a current episode of care. With more than one year of experience and data measuring the cost of providing supplies, providers are now looking at ways to better manage distribution, control utilization, and minimize costs. Although each organization must make decisions based on its own needs, several steps in this process have proven to be consistently effective.
authors.affiliation: VNA Services and Foundation, Western Pennsylvania, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. kwright@vna.com
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017050:Episode of Care; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States