Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary: TRICARE; Reimbursement of Long Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) performed a cost benefit analysis on the final rule. According to DOD, consistent with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-4, the effect of the rule is a transfer caused by a federal budget action; it does not impose costs, including private expenditures. The final rule is anticipated to reduce DOD allowed amounts to Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) by approximately $73 million in the first year of the transition, if implemented in FY 2019 when TRICARE site-neutral LTCH cases will be paid at the full applicable LTCH Prospective Payment System (PPS) payment amount. DOD allowed amounts to LTCHs would be reduced by $86 million in the second year and $98 million in the third and final year of the transition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 16, 2018
Accession Number
AD1171899

Entities

People

  • Robert J Cramer

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Executives
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medicare
  • National Governments
  • Public Health
  • Rehabilitation
  • Small Business
  • Transitions
  • Unfunded Mandates
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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