An analysis of the home health marketplace: How telehealth technology may assist home health agencies with changes in home care delivery under the prospective payment system

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-148

  Komet, Harvey ^a,b  

^a Humana is in Utilization Management

^b University of Texas

Author keywords

Balanced budget act; Home care; Home health; Interim payment system; Prospective payment system; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249079314     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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