Wound center facility billing: A retrospective analysis of time, wound size, and acuity scoring for determining facility level of service

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-44

  Fife, Caroline E ^a   Walker, David ^b   Farrow, Wade ^b   Otto, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acuity; Chronic wounds; CMS; Medicare reimbursement; Wound size

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICARE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ACCOUNTING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34047109328     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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