The effort to cleave California faces its own split. Mark Z. Barabak. At least four proposals are floating about to reshape the state in some fashion. All work at cross-purposes, and the result is varied degrees of hostility among proponents; none of the plans seems likely to reach fruition anytime soon, if ever.
intermediate care facility (ICF) a health related facility designed to provide custodial care for individuals unable to care for themselves because of mental or physical infirmity; not considered by the government to be a medical facility, it can receive no reimbursement under Medicare, generally receiving the bulk of its financing under Medicaid.
It is the conceptual basis for. the definition, measurement and policy formulations for health and disability. It. is a universal classification of disability and health for use in health and health-. related sectors. ICF therefore looks like a simple health classifiation, but it can. be used for a number of purposes. The most important is as a planning and policy. tool for decision-makers. 3. ICF is named as it is because of its stress is on health and functioning , rather. than on disability. Previously, disability began where health ended; once you. were disabled, you where in a separate category.