Medicaid Retirement Home Payments, States' Payment Rates Mostly Untouched By Recent Fiscal Pressures
Practically half of all Americans over the age of 65 will count on assisted living home (NH) care at some point in their lives, & 2 in 3 NH residents have their care covered a minimum of in part by Medicaid. Under Medicaid, mentions set NH payment rates & the Fed. Gov’ t. reimburses a share of state costs. Because of issues about the adequacy of NH resources, this report analyze how state Medicaid programs figure out NH payment rates & whether these payment techniques or rates have altered given recent state financial pressures. State & NH market officials in 19 states were talked to & documentation about assisted living home payment rates & approaches were reviewed, consisting of state approaches to identify nursing home daily rates for FY1998 through2004 Tables.
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