| Title | Recent Trends In State Nursing Home Payment Policies |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Authors | Grabowski D.C, Feng Z., Intrator O., Mor V. |
| Journal | Health Aff (Millwood) |
| Date Published | Jun 16 |
| Accession Number | 15451956 |
| 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 common concern remain for state nursing home policy during the next several years. |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dop... |
