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  • Title: Site-neutral payment for postacute care: framing the issue.
    Author: DeJong G.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2014 Jun; 95(6):1212-6. PubMed ID: 24607836.
    Abstract:
    This commentary evaluates the merits of proposals in the United States to create a site-neutral payment system for postacute care for patients with select rehabilitation-related conditions. Under a site-neutral payment system, Medicare would pay providers based on patients' clinical needs, not on the peculiarities of individual postacute settings such as skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. This commentary frames the policy choices by taking into account the research evidence on setting costs and outcomes, the policy tools and preconditions needed for an effective site-neutral payment system, and the overall direction of American health and postacute policy.
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