Number: RS22399
Title: Recent Developments Affecting Long-Term Care Hospitals
Authors: Sibyl Tilson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides background information on several operational issues affecting LTCHs that are currently attracting attention from Congress, specifically efforts to develop a patient assessment tool, to develop qualification criteria that should be imposed on LTCHs, and to change Medicare's LTCH payment methods.
Pages: 6
Date: March 14, 2006