Outpatients: here today, gone tomorrow?
Your outpatient volume is booming and that's got you feeling pretty good, right? Uh-oh. The fact is, most hospitals are losing outpatient market share to competitors like physicians' offices and nonhospital-owned facilities, and proposed changes to DRG payments could aggravate the situation. But some hospitals are finding ways to regain the upper hand.
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