Patient feedback should help guide Medicare Advantage post-acute care policy: study

Researchers with Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that MA beneficiaries overall used fewer post-acute care services than enrollees in traditional Medicare and also reported less favorable outcomes, something that policymakers should keep in mind as MA keeps growing and the health insurers who run such plans attempt to cut back on what they might perceive as inefficient use of post-acute care services.

The study noted that fee-for-service Medicare spent about $57 billion on post-acute care services in 2020.