The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) provides cost and access oversight for the Medicare Program for quality of care and access to services.
The current Medicare PPS incentives, as in LTACH, are to discharge patients as quickly as possible. But, in LTACH, there is a floor to early discharge, because the Average Length of Stay (ALOS) for all patients must be at least 25 days. However, in the rehab PPS, there is no real f...
The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is more than just a new name attached to Medicare payment reform. The shift from Resource Utilization Group (RUG) IV to PDPM moves the skilled nursing reimbursement model away from therapy provision as its main driver. Instead, pa...
The Uniform Hospital Discharge Data set (UHDDS) is the minimal core data set gathered on Medicaid and Medicare outpatients. The face sheet contains...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can...
Rehab Optimahelps therapists' focus more on patient care and spend less time on the computer. This program provides integration with your current documentation system. Rehab Optima helps prevent a Medicare denials and ARDs through its compliance with Medicare guidelines. ...
The Medicare reform debate: what is the next step? Proposes to convert the Medicare program in the United States from a `service reimbursement' system to a `premium support' system. Brief history of the pr... HJ Aaron,RD Reischauer - 《Health Affairs》 被引量: 179发表: 1995年 Medicare ...
Reading the tea leaves suggests that corporate taxes and capital gains taxes will rise 4%+, and that income taxes at the highest levels will go back to 39.6%+, Medicare, etc. These would be a drag on the economy, but less so than the original, much-higher proposals—which, (hopefully)...
It’s very clear that “taxpayers” — in this case, Medicare recipients — are going to get hurt in any budget-cutting deal. The only question is which ones. Saying “it’s time Washington take the hit, not taxpayers,” is not the only part of the Republican position that flies in ...
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers is an organization of 11 leading cancer institutions/affiliated hospitals that are exempt from the Medicare prospective system (PPS) hospital reimbursement policies. Because of their focus on cancer care, as well as participation in innovative ...
A value or ethic is a rule or benchmark for what matters most in life. Christian values are therefore the values that a follower of Jesus Christ holds to be significant--the life lessons that Jesus taught. Christian principles remain constant...