A way of determining payments to hospitals, used under Medicare’s prospective payment system (PPS) and by some other public and private payers. The DRG system classifies patients into groups based on the principal diagnosis, treatments and other relevant...
Provided $85 million per year in mandatory funding from 2010-2012 to conduct a Medicaid demonstration in up to six states for development of training programs for personal and home care aides.
Nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal care aides provide an estimated 70 to 80 percent of the paid hands-on, long-term services and supports and personal assistance received by Americans who are elderly or living with disabilities or other chronic...
A Medicare payment to approved teaching hospitals to help cover the direct costs of training residents to become board-eligible in their field. Hospitals receive full payments to help cover resident salaries, fringe benefits and compensation for attending physicians,...
The use of mass media (television, newspapers, magazines, etc.) to reach the general public. DTC advertising is often used by the pharmaceutical industry to promote their products. These advertisements must meet certain standards under federal regulations.