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      Outpatient Clinics: Primary and Specialty Care
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      Outpatient Clinics: Primary and Specialty Care

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      Outpatient Clinics: Primary and Specialty Care book

      Edited ByYuehwern Yih
      BookHandbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2010
      Imprint CRC Press
      Pages 10
      eBook ISBN 9780429166075
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      ABSTRACT

      Outpatient clinics provide an important and essential part of the U.S. healthcare system. Being less costlythanmoreintensivepartsofthehealthcaredeliverysystem,suchasinpatienthospitalunits, outpatientclinicsserveasanefficientlocationforlargevolumesofpatientstoreceivecarefromphysiciansandotherhealthcareprofessionals.Byprovidingcoordinationwithotherpartsofthehealthcare system,outpatientclinicscanserveasahuborhomelocationforthemedicalcareofindividualpatients. Reimbursementmechanismscreateuniquechallengesintheoutpatientclinicsetting,mostnotablyby notprovidingfundingforthiscoordinationofcareacrossthecarecontinuum.Revenuesaregenerated byface-to-faceencountersbetweenpatientsandprovidersandofficeprocedures.Ÿispaymentmethodologypromoteshighvolume-lowmarginactivity.Ÿehighvolume-lowmarginconceptiscentralto many issues that provide challenges and opportunities in the outpatient clinic setting.

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