title: Toward more reasoned home health payment reform. Industry, legislative, and regulatory proposals to modify IPS.
abstract: The National Association for Home Care (NAHC), its members agencies, and affiliated state associations have launched an aggressive campaign to educate Congress and others about the harmful effects of Interim Payment System. One way is through NAHC's Blueprints for Action--NAHC's action plan for 1998.
authors.affiliation: National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: St Pierre
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008119:Lobbying; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012952:Societies; D014481:United States