| Literature DB >> 15451956 |
David C Grabowski1, Zhanlian Feng, Orna Intrator, Vincent Mor.
Abstract
State Medicaid programs pay for a sizable portion of overall nursing home expenditures. The repeal of the Boren amendment in 1997 gave states greater freedom to set Medicaid nursing home policy. This study presents data from a comprehensive survey of state nursing home payment policies during 1999-2002. Aggregate inflation-adjusted Medicaid payment rates rose steadily, and there was no sizable increase in the adoption of other cost-cutting policies. Although these findings can be interpreted with some optimism from a nursing home financing perspective, areas of concern remain for state nursing home policy during the next several years.Mesh:
Year: 2004 PMID: 15451956 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.w4.363
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) ISSN: 0278-2715 Impact factor: 6.301