Medicare Home Health Care
Author | : William J. Scanlon |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2000-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 0756702976 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780756702977 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Download or read book Medicare Home Health Care written by William J. Scanlon and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare spending for home health care rose from $3.7 billion in 1990 to $17.8 billion in 1997, making it one of the fastest growing components of the program. To control spending, Congress passed an act which required HHS to develop a prospective payment system to replace cost-based payments for home health agencies. This report: documents the objectives, findings, & costs of the research & demonstration projects the Health Care Finance Admin. has funded that were related to the design of the prospective payment system; & assesses how these projects contributed to the proposed prospective payment system design & determines which design decisions were based on incomplete information. Charts & tables.