Home Health Care News June 27, 2022
Individuals that are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid — otherwise known as dual beneficiaries — utilize home health care at higher rates than those who are only beneficiaries of Medicare.
That’s according to a recent report from ATI Advisory, with support from Arnold Ventures. The report is a profile of the growing population of individuals in the U.S. who receive both Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
Of the 63.1 million individuals who are Medicare beneficiaries, almost 12 million are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Overall, dual beneficiaries use home health services at twice the rate of Medicare-only beneficiaries.
“Efforts to integrate between Medicaid and Medicare have been shown to reduce Medicare utilization,” ATI wrote in the report. “As...
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