tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 28

LONG-TERM CARE: Industry Urges Cool-Headed Assessment Of Home Care

Experts recommend a look before the leap to different care settings.A rush to shift elder care from institutional to home- and community-based settings in order to save money could have unintended negative consequences, a long-term care industry leader warned Congress this month. AHCA President Sounds Off On Settings The American Health Care Association "is troubled by the development of a well-meaning yet factually unfounded viewpoint that the simple answer to achieving lower Medicaid costs and higher care quality is through rapidly shifting a significant population of seniors and persons with disabilities out of facilities like nursing homes and...

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