Home Health Care News January 31, 2025
Audrie Martin

End-of-life home health care use and duration are lower among Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees compared to traditional Medicare enrollees across nearly all populations.

This is especially true among Hispanic people and people identifying as Asian or Pacific Islander, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Researchers found that participants in MA, especially racial or ethnic minorities, are less likely to receive home health care and use fewer days of care at the end of life compared to those enrolled in traditional Medicare.

Using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), researchers at Mount Sinai in New York and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, analyzed adults aged 66 and older...

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