President’s Budget Proposes Bundled Medicare Payment to Post-Acute Care Providers

In his proposed budget released last week (see NAHC Report, April 11, 2013), the President included a proposal to implement bundled payments beginning in 2018 for post-acute care providers including long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and home health providers.  Under the proposal, payments would be bundled for at least half of…