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PDPM (Patient-Driven Payment Model)

How Medicare pays nursing homes for skilled-nursing services as of 2019.

What they don't tell you

Replaced the older RUG system. Pays based on patient characteristics, not therapy minutes. Side effect: some facilities cut therapy hours after PDPM. If your parent's rehab feels light, ask how many therapy minutes they got yesterday and the day before.

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