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Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II

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Evaluation of Respiratory Muscle Activation Using Respiratory Motor Control Assessment (RMCA) in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
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Published on: July 19, 2013

Medicare skilled nursing facility reimbursement and upcoding.

John R Bowblis1, Christopher S Brunt

  • 1Department of Economics, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.

Health Economics
|June 19, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) may increase patient therapy minutes to boost Medicare payments, a practice known as upcoding. Reducing financial incentives for this upcoding could lead to significant Medicare savings.

Keywords:
MedicareProspective Payment Systemreimbursementskilled nursing facilitiesupcoding

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Published on: July 19, 2013

Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Geriatric Care
  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • Medicare reimburses skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for post-acute care using Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs).
  • RUG payments are based on therapy minutes and patient functionality.
  • Geographic adjustment factors create regional payment variations for SNFs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if SNFs adjust patient care intensity in response to varying Medicare reimbursement rates.
  • To determine if SNFs engage in upcoding based on payment differentials between RUG categories.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized geographic variations in Medicare reimbursement generosity as a natural experiment.
  • Empirically tested SNF responses to payment differences across RUG categories.
  • Simulated the impact of altered payment differentials on RUG selection.

Main Results:

  • Evidence suggests SNFs upcode patients by increasing therapy minutes to enhance revenue.
  • No evidence of upcoding related to patient functionality scores was found.
  • Simulations indicate that reducing upcoding incentives could yield substantial Medicare savings.

Conclusions:

  • SNFs appear responsive to financial incentives, leading to upcoding of therapy minutes.
  • Policy adjustments to payment differentials may curb unnecessary therapy provision.
  • Reforming reimbursement structures could optimize Medicare spending in post-acute care.