Healthcare Finance News August 23, 2023
Authors say MA growth means insurers are increasingly attempting to curtail inefficient use of post-acute care services.
New data shows that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries generally use fewer post-acute care services than enrollees in fee-for-service Medicare, and also experience worse outcomes. For that reason and others, authors of a new study in JAMA Health forum said Medicare Advantage plans should seek feedback from patients regarding how helpful they found post-acute care after being hospitalized.
This consideration should be top-of-mind for policymakers, authors said, due to MA’s continued growth. This growth, they contend, means the insurers who run the plans are increasingly attempting to cut back on the perceived inefficient use of post-acute care services.
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