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Implications of the inpatient prospective payment system final rules
Author(s) -
Carroll Roberta
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.5600280404
Subject(s) - prospective payment system , medicaid , payment , business , payment system , medical emergency , healthcare system , health care , actuarial science , medicine , finance , political science , law
This article was prepared in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publication of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rules for FY 2008 and 2009 which placed additional requirements on hospitals for certain hospital‐acquired conditions. This article addresses these rulings and the implications for healthcare facilities, including strategies for dealing with challenges created by the rulings.