Health Payer Intelligence August 15, 2022
With demand for post-acute care and home health increasing among Medicare beneficiaries, payers must adapt quickly to changing staffing and quality reporting needs to scale their offerings successfully.
While Medicare continues to ramp up efforts to reward quality over quantity of services, payers find themselves strapped for personnel to ensure the collection and reporting of care quality data. More and more, health plans working with Medicare beneficiaries in their homes are looking for strategic partners to manage nursing shortages and ensure proper care management and information gathering.
The challenge facing payers is most salient in the Medicare Advantage market, where the average Medicare beneficiary can choose from nearly 40 options, more than ever before in history. Medicare Part C...