Effects of per-episode prospective payment for Medicare home health care on patient selection and retention
Subtitle: final report
By: author: Christopher A. Trenholm ; programmers: Dina Krischenbaum, Amy Zambrowski ; project officer: Ann Meadow ; project director: Valerie Cheh ; principal investigators: Valerie Cheh, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips
Contributors: Kirschenbaum, Dina; Zambrowski, Amy; Meadow, Ann; Cheh, Valerie; Brown, Randall S.; Phillips, Barbara B.; Mathematica Policy Research, Inc; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Publisher: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Costs; Medicare; Home care services; Prospective payment
Notes: SR number 94-082; project number: 500-94-0062; MPR reference no.: 8246-126.

"June 7, 2000."

Submitted to: Health Care Financing Administration; submitted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serices R & D projects database tracking number 129.

Project title: Evaluation of Phase II of the Home Health Agency Prospective Payment Demonstration; Awardee: Mathematica Policy Research; Project officer: Ann Meadow; Principal investigator: Valerie Cheh; Funding level: 4013874; Start date: 09/30/94; End date: 04/30/01; Project description: This contract is evaluating Phase II of the Home Health Agency (HHA) Prospective Payment Demonstration, under which HHA's are paid on a prospective basis for an episode of care reimbursed by the Medicare program.  Phase I tested per-visit prospective payment.

Includes bibliographical references.

In folder: Effects of Per-Episode Prospective Payment for Medicare Home Health Care in Patient Selection & Retention / June 2000 / Project #500-94-0062.