Skilled Nursing Facilities: Medicare Payments Exceed Costs for Most but Not All Facilities
GAO-03-183
Published: Dec 31, 2002. Publicly Released: Dec 31, 2002.
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This report addresses (1) the relationship between Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) payments and the costs of treating Medicare patients in freestanding SNFs, as well as the effect of Medicare SNF payments on the financial condition of these facilities, and (2) the relationship between Medicare SNF payments and the costs of treating patients in hospital-based SNFs, as well as the factors that may account for cost differences between hospital-based and freestanding SNFs.
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Comparative analysisCost analysisHealth care cost controlHealth care programsMedicaidMedicareSkilled nursing facilitiesMedicare paymentsProspective paymentsSkilled nursing