1. Outpatient care any healthcare services that does not require an overnight stay in
healthcare institution
2. Which terms are Outpatient care and ambulatory care
often used
interchangeably?
3. Ambulatory care diagnostic and therapeutic services and treatments provided to the
walk-
ing patient
4. Outpatient -private practice
settings and -hospitals
services -outpatient clinics
-freestanding facilities
-mobile facilities for medical, diagnostic, and screening services
-telephone triage
-home care
-hospice care
-outpatient long-term care services
-public health services
-community health centers and free clinics
-alternative medicine clinics
5. Reasons to change out- -reimbursement changes
patient care
7. Technology factors
6. Reimburseme
nt changes
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-technology factors
-outpatient treatments used
before inpatient treatments
-utilization control factor
-social factors
1.private
and public
payers prefer
outpatient
treatment
(much
cheaper than
inpatient)
2.Prospective and capitation
reimbursement forced care to
outpatient
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-New diagnostic and imaging devices
-Treatment procedures
-Less invasive surgical methods
-Shorter acting anesthetics
8. Utilization control -Private & Public payers discourage inpatient hospital stays.
fac- tors -Pre-certification & concurrent review exist to minimize inpatient LO
9. Social factors -Patients prefer treatment in their homes or outpatient setting
-Most people do not want to be in the hospital unless only choice
-In-home care allows patient to feel independent & in control - keys
to quality of life.
10. Where is • Private Practice
outpatient care • Hospital Outpatient Clinics
provided? • Freestanding Facilities
• Mobile Units for medical, diagnostics & screening services
• Telephone Triage
• Home Health
• Hospice
• Outpatient LTC
• Public Health
• Community Health Centers
• Free Clinics
• Alternative Medicine Clinics
-oflce based physicians
11. Characteristics of -forms the backbone of ambulatory care
out- patient care -limited examination & testing
deliv- -solo/independent practices merged into group practices
ery-private
practice
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12. -functions particularly in inner-city areas
-community's safety net, providing primary care to the indigent an
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