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

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

March 1, 1999

The Secretary should explore the potential for revising the rehabilitation groups of the classification system used in the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system to reduce reliance on measurements of rehabilitation time.

Appeared in: March 1999 - Chapter 5

Topics: Delivery system reforms and Post-acute care.