Recent Developments in Medicare Affecting Long-Term Care Hospitals
Description:
Medicare pays about $36 billion annually for post-acute care in four separate settings: long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation settings (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and in the home. This report provides background information on several operational issues affecting LTCHs that are currently attracting attention from Congress, specifically efforts to develop a patient assessment tool, to develop qualification criteria that should be imposed on LTCHs, and to chang…
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Date:
March 14, 2006
Creator:
Tilson, Sibyl
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department