Post-Acute Care Research & Reports

TrendWatch: Are Medicare Patients Getting Sicker? December 2012

CMS issues long-awaited post-acute care report  (February 8, 2012)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently sent Congress a report on key findings from the Post Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration, as required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The report describes the development and testing of a uniform patient assessment instrument (CARE: Continuity Assessments Record and Evaluation) mandated by the legislation, and reviews findings related to predicting patient-specific resource intensity across four post-acute care settings: long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies.

Innovative Communities: Breaking Down Barriers for the Good of Older Consumers and Their Family Caregivers (February 2011)
A report from the The Long Term Quality Alliance

Center for Post-acute Innovation and Research (2010). Delivery of Post-acute Care Services among Leading Health Systems. Washington, DC: National Rehabilitation Hospital and MedStar Health.

AHA Research Synthesis Report: Bundled Payment (May 2010)
This AHA Committee on Research report examines the current evidence base on the design and impact of bundled payments and identifies knowledge gaps that still need to be answered as both the public and private sectors actively pursue this payment approach as a solution to current care delivery and quality issues.

Bundling Payment for Post-Acute Care: Building Blocks and Policy Options (October 2009)
A Report Stemming from the Conference on Bundling Post-acute Payment, Washington, DC, June 24

CMS Report to Congress: Analysis of the Classification Criteria for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (September 2009)
Prepared by RTI International

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