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PHASING OUT MEDICARE: CHANGING DEFINITIONS OF SKILLED NURSING CARE AND CUSTODIAL CARE *
Author(s) -
Miller Michael B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1970.tb02571.x
Subject(s) - medicine , social security , constructive , nursing , welfare , intermediary , health care , administration (probate law) , social welfare , social security act , skilled nursing facility , economic growth , law , economics , finance , process (computing) , political science , computer science , operating system
A bstract Increasingly restrictive definitions of skilled nursing care versus custodial (or non‐covered) care by the Social Security Administration with respect to the Medicare program are now being implemented by fiscal intermediaries. If continued, the constructive intentions of Congress in behalf of the ill aged will be effectively frustrated and, in the name of economy, the national health care program for the aged will soon disappear. The new synthetic definitions require evaluation and reappraisal in clinical terms if the welfare of the ill aged is to be served.