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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Financial performance and inpatient payment issues for PPS hospitals (B)

Financial performance and inpatient payment issues for PPS hospitals (B)

March 1, 2001

In collecting sample patient-level data, HCFA should seek to balance the goals of minimizing payment errors and furthering understanding of the effects of coding on case-mix change.

Appeared in: March 2001 - Chapter 5

Topics: Hospital.