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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Post-Acute Care Providers: Moving toward Prospective Payment (C)

Post-Acute Care Providers: Moving toward Prospective Payment (C)

March 1, 1999

The Secretary should conduct a demonstration to assess the potential of the Functional Independence Measure-Function Related Groups classification system to predict the resource use of intensive rehabilitation patients in skilled nursing facilities.

Appeared in: March 1999 - Chapter 5

Topics: Post-acute care and Quality.