Skilled Nursing News May 23, 2023
Medicare Advantage enrollees, specifically those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and a low-income subsidy, received worse clinical care than those who didn’t fall under these plans.
That’s according to a report released on Tuesday by the Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH).
More than one in ten, or 13%, of those jointly enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, also known as dual enrollees, lived in a long-term care nursing home or other institutional facility, according to a recent KFF report.
And these patients were also likely to have an intellectual or developmental disability and more limitations on activities of daily living, the KFF report found.
The latest CMS OMH report showed that dual enrollees and those...
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