In implementing a prospective payment system for the hospital outpatient setting, the Secretary should: Re-evaluate the decision not to make additional payment adjustments under the new system, and should tie any proposed adjustments to patient characteristics. Any such facility-level adjustments that are proposed until such time as a patient level adjuster is available should reflect the population of Medicare patients treated by facilities identified to receive such adjustments.
Changing Medicare’s Payment Systems for Ambulatory Care Facilities (H)
March 1, 1999