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The looming Medicare payment system will encourage nursing home
operators to embrace more clinically complex care, according to
panelists who spoke Tuesday at the 2010 National Skilled Nursing
Investment Forum. A favorable reimbursement level will push this
case-mix shift, they noted.
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