title: Home care, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and IPS.
abstract: The evolution of policy leading up to IPS has been long and complicated. Since the early 1980s, policymakers have sought an alternative to the historic, cost-based payment approach for home health care.
authors.affiliation: National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Forster
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States