Health Payer Intelligence October 30, 2020
Medicare home healthcare has been pivotal during the coronavirus pandemic, but it still needs to undergo changes to fully meet beneficiaries’ needs.
While the coronavirus pandemic has forced positive change elsewhere in the healthcare industry, Medicare home healthcare policies still have room to improve, a Commonwealth Fund study discovered.
As the healthcare industry has had to adapt to the coronavirus, certain modes of care have seen greater use than they did prior to the pandemic. The Medicare program has particularly relied upon and worked to enhance home healthcare for care delivery.
Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for home healthcare if they require at-home post-acute, skilled care following a hospital discharge or if they have long-term needs that keep them fairly restricted...
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