CEP Offers Free APC White Paper On Its Website.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--July 14, 2000 California Emergency Physicians Medical Group (CEP CEP congenital erythropoietic porphyria. CEP abbr. congenital erythropoietic porphyria ) announced today that it has developed a comprehensive white paper to help physicians and hospital administrators better understand the important issues they'll face in the transition to Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) in the Emergency Department. APCs, the new prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples , are scheduled for implementation on August 1, 2000. This white paper explains the history of hospital reimbursement, APC formation, and implementation challenges for physicians and hospitals -- and it's available on the CEP website at no charge. The website, which was recently enhanced, also features resource links to medical references, consumer education and news and maps, profiles on CEP physician partners as well as timely healthcare industry news updates. About CEP California Emergency Physicians Medical Group is the leading provider of physician staffing and management for emergency and ambulatory care ambulatory care n. Medical care provided to outpatients. ambulatory care, n the health services provided on an outpatient basis to those who can visit a health care facility and return home the same day. services in California. Founded in 1975, the Partnership's core values continue to emphasize quality care, medical leadership and a high level of local, professional autonomy professional autonomy, n the right and privilege provided by a governmental entity to a class of professionals, and to each qualified licensed caregiver within that profession, to provide services independent of supervision. as well as long-term professionally satisfying career opportunities for its physicians. Today, one out of every ten emergency patients in California is treated at a CEP contract site. In total, CEP staffs 41 hospital emergency departments and 20 ambulatory care centers ambulatory care center Walk-in clinic Medical practice A free-standing facility that provides non-emergent medical, or less commonly, dental services in California providing care to an estimated 1.5 million patients annually. For more information, visit CEP on the web at www.cep.com. |
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