Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Here is a one page fact sheet on the highlights of the new Health Care Reform Law.  This article from The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

Provisions affecting long-term services and supports providers

  • Preservation of Medicare 2010 and 2011 payment updates for skilled nursing facilities. Productivity adjustment factor applied to payment update in subsequent years, cutting update by an estimated 1%.
  • 1% reduction in home health payment update in 2011 and 2012. Productivity adjustment factor applied to payment update in subsequent years and rebasing in 2014.
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