Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care: The Effects of New Prospective Payment Systems on Outpatient Hospital Care, Home Health Care, and Skilled Nursing Facility Care
[摘要] This report discusses the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97), which required that prospective payment systems replace retrospective cost-based reimbursement systems for Medicare beneficiaries receiving care in hospital outpatient departments, from home health care agencies, and in skilled nursing facilities.
[发布日期] 2000-02-02 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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[关键词] Aged;Medical care;Medicare;Health Policy [时效性]
