Home Health Care News November 15, 2023
Over the years, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has been vocal about prioritizing value-based care.
On Wednesday, it released its annual “Value-Based Care Report,” which affirms why its been crucial to the company’s Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries.
Overall, MA members who are getting care through value-based arrangements received more time with their primary care physician. These individuals were also more likely to receive preventive care, and have less hospitalizations.
“The data are clear — value-based care works,” Dr. Kate Goodrich, chief medical officer at Humana, said in a press statement. “As our report shows, this smarter health care model improves outcomes for [MA] members and allows primary care physicians to practice medicine at the top of their license and develop meaningful...