Sentence examples for implementation of reimbursement from inspiring English sources
A recent roundtable discussion sponsored by the Heart Failure Society of America identified 4 major challenges to the design and implementation of reimbursement schemes that promote higher quality care for heart failure: defining quality, accounting for differences in disease severity, crafting novel payment mechanisms, and overcoming professional parochialism.
Such a platform could furthermore facilitate discussion on the implementation of reimbursement restrictions, which differ across countries in terms of both rationale and frequency of application [ 26].
Staggered implementation of MMA reimbursement changes (physician offices implemented reimbursement changes in 2005 vs hospital outpatient departments OPD) in 2006) provide a natural experiment to examine policy effects.
In order to identify the impact of the network structure implementation on reimbursement subsequent years had to be compared.
Two of the main clauses of the 2009 reforms were the reimbursement of outpatient care, and the implementation of a simultaneous reimbursement system.
Until now, these are small scale implementations of another reimbursement policy, which could in principle promote integration of the health care chain.
The aim of this study was to investigate how the implementation of the new reimbursement terms affected GPs' use of diagnoses for patients using ICS.
The distribution of the GPs' diagnoses recorded in EPRs changed significantly after the implementation of the new reimbursement terms (Table 2).
Another informant remarked "unlike the first three years following the implementation of the scheme, reimbursement is getting better and inflow of funds has improved".
The study provides empirical evidence of both desired and harmful effects related to the implementation of DRG-based hospital reimbursement within the Swiss health system.
The study period included the two year period preceding, and one year after implementation of the restricted reimbursement program (effective November 15 2005).
