HCFA delays outpatient prospective payment system.(Health Care Financing Administration )

Publication: Mental Health Weekly

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The federal Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has decided that it needs more time to put a prospective payment system (PPS) in place for Medicare outpatient services. It has pushed back the changeover to the new system from July 1 to Aug. 1.

The PPS will replace the current cost-based reimbursement system...

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