Analyses for the Initial Implementation of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System: Executive Summary 2001

Analyses for the Initial Implementation of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System: Executive Summary 2001

In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress mandated that Health CareFinancing Administration (HCFA) implement a Prospective Payment System (PPS)for inpatient rehabilitation. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS, the successor agency to HCFA) issued the final rule governing such aPPS on August 7, 2001. This report summarizes the research that RANDperformed to support HCFA’s efforts to design, develop, and implement thePPS. It describes RAND’s research on new function-related group

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