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In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress mandated that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) implement a Prospective Payment System (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation. This interim report describes the research that RAND performed to support HCFA's initial efforts to design and develop such a PPS. It also discusses our plans for further research on the implementation, monitoring, and refinement of such an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility RPS (IRF PPS).
Table of Contents
Preface
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Data and Methods
Chapter Three
Case Classification System
Chapter Four
Unusual Cases
Chapter Five
Relative Case Weights
Chapter Six
Facility Level Adjustments
Chapter Seven
Outliers and Simulations
Chapter Eight
Future Research
Appendix A
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix B
References
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