In early July ASHA submitted elucidations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) regarding skilled nursing facility propos regulations governing the prospective payment plan (PPS).

In early July ASHA submitted elucidations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) regarding skilled nursing facility propos regulations governing the prospective payment plan (PPS). A team of 11 ASHA members, five staff, and a consultant disentangleed the comments and cited pair surveys that showed reductions in speech-language pathology and swallowing services after implementation of PP In its expositions ASHA recommended that the agency:
* require that each evaluation document

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