This prospective payment system replaced the Medicare physician payment system of
customary, prevailing, and reasonable (CPR) charges whereby physicians were reimbursed
according to their historical record of the charge for the provision of each service.
A. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)
B. Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs)
C. Global payment
D. Capitation
Question 2
Which describes the short-term, intensive treatment program where individuals who are experiencing an acute episode of an illness can receive medically supervised treatment during a significant number of daytime or nighttime hours?
a. inpatient hospitalization
b. outpatient hospitalization
c. partial hospitalization
d. skilled nursing facility hospitalization