Final report on assessment instruments for a prospective payment system / Joan L. Buchanan [and others].
A design for a prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities that pay providers a predetermined, fixed price (per day, per episode, or per case). Since the payment is independent of the amount of service provided, these systems are thought to create an incentive for effici...
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand Health,
2004.
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| Summary: | A design for a prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities that pay providers a predetermined, fixed price (per day, per episode, or per case). Since the payment is independent of the amount of service provided, these systems are thought to create an incentive for efficient, cost-conscious care. A new assessment tool has been developed for PPS for rehabilitation facilities and this study provides an evaluation of it. |
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| Item Description: | "Prepared for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services." Title from title screen (viewed March 6, 2005). Available for download. (128 pp.); MR-1501-CMS; 2004. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0833032216 9780833032218 9780833059932 0833059939 |