title: Cost cutoff. Are you ready for Medicare's new PPS?
abstract: Medicare's new PPS will radically change the way skilled nursing facility managers think about acuity levels, therapies, and billing, among other key factors. How will it change the way you do your job, and what can you do to prepare for it?
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D009740:Nursing Staff; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000639:trends*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States