HCFA launches PPS for hospital outpatient services

HCFA's outpatient PPS: finally ready to roll?

Hospital outpatient services under Medicare, 1987

Presented in this article are data related to hospital outpatient services provided for aged and disabled Medicare beneficiaries during calendar year 1987. Trend data are also presented for selected calendar years 1974-87. Hospital outpatient covered charges and Medicare program payments (in total and per enrollee) are the statistics employed to measure the use of hospital outpatient services. ...

Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services Handbook

Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services Handbook

Medicare supplementary medical insurance benefit for hospital outpatient services.

The Medicare supplementary medical insurance (SMI) program helps pay for covered hospital outpatient services for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury. Major hospital outpatient services covered by SMI include services in an emergency room or outpatient clinic, including ambulatory surgical procedures, laboratory tests billed by the hospital, mental health care in a hospital outpa...