tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 1999 Issue 6

Perspective on the Forthcoming APC Payment Systems

by Andrea Clark, RRA, CCS, CPC-HEditors note: The April issue of ED Coding Alert contained an article on the proposed prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services [also known as the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) system] and a related article on ED facility coding issues.A primary source in both articles, Andrea Clark, RRA, CCS, CPC-H, a health care management consultant in Baltimore, MD, contacted us to extend some of her comments, which we had abbreviated for space reasons. In this column, we have provided her the opportunity to amplify her views.Currently, there is speculation that Medicare will...

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