Final report on assessment instruments for a prospective payment system /

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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Corporate Authors: RAND Health, JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Buchanan, Joan, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.
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.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0833032216
9780833032218
9780833059932
0833059939