MedCity News March 22, 2024
Brian Lobley

Collaboration across key stakeholders, including home health agencies, providers, patients, health plans, and post-acute care solution providers will be critical to fully enabling the home as a preferred place of care.

Post-acute care is the process of enabling functional recovery, following an acute or inpatient admission. Many settings can be used to support post-acute care, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, but often, the most preferred setting for care is the home.

Older Americans, with Original Medicare and increasingly Medicare Advantage health insurance coverage, represent the lion’s share of patients seeking post-acute care. While their preferences for recovery at home are clear, there are barriers to fully enabling the home, despite data that suggests the home can be a more...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), CMS, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Home, Insurance, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Technology
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