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Beginning of PPS.

Publication: Modern Healthcare
Publication Date: 07-AUG-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Beginning of PPS.(prospective payment system)(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
In 1983, in an attempt to rein in Medicare costs, the government changed reimbursements to hospitals from a cost-based system to a prospective payment system. Under the new system, hospitals were paid set rates based on DRGs. The idea behind the change was that by paying flat rates, the...

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