Laff Pat, Steding Pam
Laff Associates, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA.
Caring. 2005 Mar;24(3):6-9, 11-2, 15 passim, 1.
In the continually changing and perpetually unpredictable nature of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, many hospitals and health care systems are rethinking their relationships with their affiliated home care and hospice programs. As the books of many of these programs show an increasing amount of red ink, many hospitals are spinning off their home care and hospice services into independent entities with their own individual operating structures. This article provides insight into one health care system's transitioning of its home care services into a freestanding entity.
在医疗保险和医疗补助报销政策不断变化且始终不可预测的情况下，许多医院和医疗保健系统正在重新审视它们与附属的家庭护理和临终关怀项目之间的关系。由于这些项目中的许多账目都显示出越来越多的亏损，许多医院正在将其家庭护理和临终关怀服务剥离出来，形成具有各自独立运营结构的独立实体。本文深入探讨了一个医疗保健系统将其家庭护理服务转变为独立实体的过程。
