title: Skilled nursing facilities reform.
abstract: The Medicare prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities will take effect with cost reporting years beginning on or after July 1, 1998. HCFA is working on the implementation details. While final details are not expected to be published until Summer 1998, the following information has been provided through HCFA and/or the Nursing Home Case-Mix and Quality (NHCMQ) Demonstration project (RUGs-III) procedures.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019467:Subacute Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States