- Title
- Assessing Medicare reimbursement options for skilled nursing facility care.
- First Author
- Holahan, John
- Date of Pub
- 1989 Spring
- Pages
- 13-27
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Other Authors
- Sulvetta, Margaret B
- Abstract
- In this article, a broad array of Medicare payment options for skilled nursing home care are examined, ranging from cost-based retrospective systems to various prospective arrangements. Each system contains different incentives to meet four policy goals: provide access for Medicare patients; increase access for patients requiring resource-intensive care; contain growth in program costs; and assure the delivery of high-quality care. The financial impacts of alternative policy options on nursing homes are presented through the use of a simulation model. Facility-specific payment systems are shown to most effectively incorporate incentives to contain costs and promote beneficiary access to care.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Comparative Study : Computer Simulation : Data Collection : Evaluation Studies : Medicare/organization & administration : Reimbursement Mechanisms/statistics & numerical data : Skilled Nursing Facilities/economics : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB89-208953
