Recent Developments Affecting Long-Term Care Hospitals.

Provides background information on several current operational issues affecting long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), including efforts to develop a patient assessment tool, to develop qualification criteria that should be imposed on LTCHs, and to change Medicare LTCH payment methods.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Hospitals. Medical economics. Medical laws and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background information on several current operational issues affecting long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), including efforts to develop a patient assessment tool, to develop qualification criteria that should be imposed on LTCHs, and to change Medicare LTCH payment methods.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.