Leary R, Farley D E
HSS, Inc., Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
Healthc Financ Manage. 2000 Jan;54(1):38-44.
A transition to a new Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) will begin in July 2000, affecting many of the outpatient services provided by hospitals that participate in the Medicare program. The outpatient PPS will rely on ambulatory payment classifications (APCs) to classify outpatient services. Hospitals should anticipate that discounts and other factors will affect APC payments and take into account the impact that the new system will have on their revenue.
向新的医疗保险门诊预期支付系统（PPS）的转变将于2000年7月开始，这将影响参与医疗保险计划的医院所提供的许多门诊服务。门诊PPS将依靠门诊支付分类（APC）来对门诊服务进行分类。医院应预计折扣和其他因素将影响APC支付，并考虑新系统对其收入的影响。
