Skilled Nursing News December 13, 2020
A new report comparing health outcomes for beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage (MA) and those on traditional fee-for-service Medicare put hard numbers to the differences in skilled nursing facility stays between the two groups.
The findings show that MA beneficiaries spend far fewer days in SNFs than those covered by traditional Medicare. Specifically, SNF stays were 29% lower per 1,000 MA members, compared with those enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
The report, from the Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) with analysis conducted by the consulting firm Avalere Health, studied data on more than 1.4 million MA beneficiaries and 7.9 million traditional Medicare beneficiaries on various quality measures.
BMA is an organization that supports MA with a range of stakeholders.
According to the...
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