Home Health Care News March 1, 2024
Home health patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have worse functional outcomes compared to traditional Medicare patients, likely as a result of receiving fewer visits, according to a new study.
The new study is from researchers with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington.
“The primary message of this study is that Medicare Advantage patients receive fewer home health visits and have worse functional outcomes than their traditional Medicare counterparts,” Rachel Prusynski, an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, said in an email to Home Health Care News. “They’re also more likely to discharge to the community after home health, but combined with less functional...
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