Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-10

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0788172522

Includes statements of members of the Senate Subcommittee on Aging, & witness testimony by representatives from health care & government agencies. Addresses Alzheimer's disease, the lack of home-care management, cost shifting to provide acute care for nursing home patients, patient transfers between hospitals & subacute units to maximize Medicare payments, social HMOs, the Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly, the Chronic Care Act, & more. Includes a copy of the report: Medicare & Medicaid: Meeting Needs of Dual Eligibles Raises Difficult Cost & Care Issues.