How Medicare calculates reimbursement rates for hospitals and other health facilities or services provided to Medicare patients can be complex. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission — MedPAC — has updated its Payment Basics series. The series provides a short overview for the different Medicare payment systems that will help in better understanding them. Here’s a list of what’s available in the series:
- Ambulance services payment system
- Ambulatory surgical center services payment system
- Clinical laboratory services payment system
- Critical access hospitals payment system
- Durable medical equipment payment system
- Home health care services payment system
- Hospice services payment system
- Hospital acute inpatient services payment system
- Inpatient psychiatric facility services payment system
- Inpatient rehabilitation facilities payment system
Source: Payment basics. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Oct. 17, 2014. http://www.medpac.gov/-documents-/payment-basics
Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2003, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Ambulatory care facilities, Ambulatory surgery, Financial management, Hospices, Hospital departments, Hospitals, Medicare, Mental health services, Posted by Diana Culbertson | Tagged: ambulance services, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, Critical access hospitals, durbable medical equipments, home health services, Medicare payment systems, Medicare reimbursement basics, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals |
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