SNFs to get 2.8 percent pay increase, inpatient rehabs 3.3 percent for 2005.(Skilled Nursing Facility)(Brief Article)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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The fiscal year 2005 market-basket increase for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare prospective payment system is 2.8 percent, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in a July 30 Federal Register notice.

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities will see a 3.1 percent update, under Medicare's IRF PPS, according to...

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