Home Health Care News January 3, 2021
Under the Trump administration, federal health care policymakers have long been vocal about the ability of Medicare Advantage (MA) to lower costs and improve outcomes among vulnerable populations.
A recent report from the Washington, D.C.-based Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) and consulting firm Avalere Health is now putting hard numbers on that claim, particularly around home health services and post-acute care.
“The hallmark features of Medicare Advantage — risk-adjusted capitated payment, strong value-based performance incentives and flexibility in benefit design — enable health plans to offer care management interventions that meet complex care needs of vulnerable beneficiaries in ways that produce robust positive outcomes and greater value for high need, high cost beneficiaries,” the report states.
To study cost and outcomes...
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