Title

Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration: Final Report

Authors

Gage, Barbara; Morley, Melissa; Smith, Laura; Ingber, Melvin J.; Deutsch, Anne; Kline, Tracy; Dever, Jill; Abbate, Judith; Miller, Richard; Lyda-McDonald, Brieanne; Kelleher, Cynthia; Garfinkel, Danielle; Manning, Joshua; Murtaugh, Christopher M.; Stineman, Margaret; Mallinson, Trudy

Date

30 days

Theme

# of Pages

ABSTRACT:
This is the Final Report for the Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration (PAC-PRD), authorized by section 5008 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171. The report has 12 sections, which are divided into four volumes: Volume 1: Executive Summary. Volume 2: Sections 1-4 (Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Underlying Issues of the PAC-PRD Initiating Legislation; Section 3: Developing Standardized Measurement Approaches: The Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE); Section 4: Demonstration Methods and Data Collection) Volume 3: Sections 5-6 (Section 5: Framework for Analysis; Section 6: Factors Associated with Hospital Discharge Destination) Volume 4: Sections 7-12; References (Section 7: Outcomes: Hospital Readmissions; Section 8: Outcomes: Functional Status; Section 9: Determinants of Resource Intensity: Methods and Analytic Sample Description; Section 10: Determinants of Resource Intensity: Lessons from the CART Analysis; Section 11: Determinants of Resource Intensity: Multivariate Regression Results; Section 12: Conclusions and Review of Findings; References)