title: SNF per diem PPS to begin in 1998; transition period blends facility, national rates.
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States