Future government budget could cause hospital rehab services to be bundled
Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, May 1, 2009
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With all that’s going on in the world and in the field of outpatient rehab, it’s easy to sometimes get stuck in the present. But to run a successful rehab program, sometimes you have to look into the future.
Looking at policies and regulations that are coming down the pipeline is crucial to the long-term success of your program, says Nancy J. Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC, president of Bloomingdale Consulting Group in Brandon, FL.
It may be easy to simply gloss over President Obama’s plans for the 2010 fiscal year, which include plans for healthcare that won’t go into effect until 2013, but taking a closer look may be in your best interest, Beckley says.
President Obama released the plan, A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise, early this year with much fanfare about how to turn around the nation’s economy.
A large part of the 142-page document deals with healthcare reform, and much of it involves rehab services, but only on a grand scale. But the section “Improving Care After Hospitalizations and Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates” could have a major effect on rehab services performed in a hospital, says Fran -Fowler, FAAHC, managing director at Health Dimensions Group in Atlanta.
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