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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Prospective payment for post-acute care: current issues and long-term agenda (G)

Prospective payment for post-acute care: current issues and long-term agenda (G)

March 1, 2001

The Secretary should require a high-cost outlier policy of 5 percent for the inpatient rehabilitation payment system and study whether a different percentage policy is needed.

Appeared in: March 2001 - Chapter 6

Topics: Post-acute care.