What does IPS stand for?

Interim Payment System

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Since passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the implementation of the interim payment system, the GAO notes, HCFA estimates that 650 home health agencies have left the Medicare program in Texas alone, saddling the program with sizable overpayments.

GAO says HCFA lacks ability to track overpayments from HHAs

News From HomeCare Study: IPS cuts HH access Sixty-eight percent of all hospital discharge planners surveyed by George Washington University (GWU) researchers reported increased difficulty in initially obtaining home health services for Medicare patients since the implementation of the interim payment system (IPS).

News From HomeCare

While the proposed system is an improvement over the current interim payment system (IPS), it contains several fundamental flaws that must be modified before the final payment system is in place, say the National Association for Home Care (NAHC) and the Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA) in comments submitted on the proposal, published Oct.

Fair payment

The interim payment system (IPS) remains cost-based.

Focus on a necessary benefit. (Health Policy Update)

In his letter, Pearce wrote, "CMS has customarily used an interim payment system to fairly provide reimbursement for providers pending the outcome of a final audit.

Dr. M. Lee Pearce, Chairman of the Tenet Shareholder Committee, Calls ...

VNAs lose appeal on interim payment system overpayments By MATTHEW HAY HHBR Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Home care providers lost a long-running battle with the government last week when the U.

VNAs lose appeal on interim payment system overpayments

The measure also excludes durable medical equipment from consolidated billing and provides for an extended interim payment system repayment schedule.

Congress spells relief

Critics say HCFA bypassed the rule-making process when it implemented the surety bond requirement and major provisions of the interim payment system.

Surety requirements still on hold