Home Health Care News November 30, 2021
With Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment on the rise, home health providers need to be primed to adapt to the changing market.
MA has played a larger role in the Medicare program over the last several years. MA enrollees have increased by 8.3%, on average, over the last five years, according to data from post-acute analytics and metrics firm Trella Health.
Additionally, enrollment increased by 9.5% between 2019 and 2020, with MA penetration reaching 46.6% in March 2021.
“Medicare Advantage is not a new concept or new program,” Michael Neuman, vice president of data science and engineering at Trella Health, told Home Health Care News. “What we’ve seen is that since the Affordable Care Act, more people are starting to become...