The bill accomplishing that function in 1987 was entitled the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 or âOBRA â87.â The separate Federal Nursing Home Reform Act along with many other separate bills was ârolled intoâ one bill to insure final passage of all the elements.BRA has changed the care and lives of nursing home residents across America. There have been significant improvements in the comprehensiveness of care planning. Anti-psychotic drug use declined by 28-36% and physical restraint use was reduced by approximately 40%.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Luteal phase. The luteal phase is the latter phase of the menstrual cycle or the earlier phase of the estrous cycle. It begins with the formation of the corpus luteum and ends in either pregnancy or luteolysis.
digestion by the action of intestinal juices, bile and pancreatic juice. luminal phase digestion. the stage of the digestion of fats that goes on in the lumen of the intestine; as distinct from the mucosal phase that occurs in the epithelial cells.