tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 37

MEDICARE: Home Health And Long-Term Care Providers Prepare For Model Project

New CARE tool to bring major post-acute care placement changesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has a demonstration project underway that could change assessment for Medicare patients in skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals.CMS is moving forward with the $6 million Post Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration (PAC-PRD), mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The project, scheduled to continue through 2009, will examine the costs and outcomes for similar diagnoses across the four different post-acute care settings listed above.The ultimate goal behind this project is to optimize...

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