The Secretary should develop a new classification system for care in skilled nursing facilities. Until this happens, the Congress should authorize the Secretary to:
* Remove some or all of the 6.7 percent payment add-on currently applied to the rehabilitation RUG-III groups, and
* Reallocate the money to the nonrehabilitation RUG-III groups to achieve a better balance of resources among all of the RUG-III groups.
Skilled nursing facility services (2)
March 1, 2005