Author: Charlene Harrington
Publisher:
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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309132746
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.

Author: Paul L. Grimaldi
Publisher: A E I Press
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Author: John Bowblis
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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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In 2012 Ohio's Medicaid program spent more than $2.4 billion on nursing home care. Although spending public dollars for Ohioans with severe disability to receive assistance in skilled nursing facilities is an important role of state government, an ever growing older population highlights that nursing home expenditures must be efficient and effective. In an effort to improve the efficiency of the Medicaid reimbursement system, beginning in 2006 the state shifted to a "price reimbursement" system. The revised reimbursement system was designed to reward providers seen as having more efficient staffing patterns and to reduce payments to facilities that the state believed to be overstaffed. Under the price system the expectation was that some facilities would receive an increase in their reimbursement rate, while others would see rates decrease. Because a big component of the nursing home reimbursement rate is based on the level of disability of the residents (known as case mix), there will always be rate differences across facilities. However, the move to the price system was an attempt to lower the variation between the highest and lowest priced facilities. This policy change has been both praised and criticized. The key policy question is: does the move to price impact the quality of care in Ohio’s nursing homes?

Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Author: Edward Alan Miller
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1318

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428942327
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Author: Robert J. Buchanan
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Presents and analyzes research on the effect of a broad range of reimbursement, health, wage, and socioeconomic factors on Medicaid payment and utilization rates for long-term care from 1976 to 1984. This study also explores prospective reimbursement plans and the use of a percentile methodology on Medicaid payment rates.