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Reimbursement for Vascular Access Devices for TPN: Making Sense of the Dollars
Author(s) -
Goff Karen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/088453369901400410
Subject(s) - reimbursement , medicine , parenteral nutrition , intensive care medicine , enteral administration , modality (human–computer interaction) , health care , human–computer interaction , computer science , economics , economic growth
Parenteral nutrition has been a standard of care for nearly 30 years for patients who are unable to maintain adequate nutritional status by oral or enteral routes. Clinicians have witnessed many advances and changes in this modality during these 3 decades. As clinical changes have occurred, so too have changes in reimbursement. This article explains the current methods of reimbursement for total parenteral nutrition and outlines future changes.