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Less Intense Postacute Care, Better Outcomes For Enrollees In Medicare Advantage Than Those In Fee-For-Service Postacute Care
Traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare’s prospective payment systems for postacute care provide little incentive to coordinate care or control costs. In contrast, Medicare Advantage plans pay for postacute care out of monthly capitated payments and thus have stronger incentives to use it efficiently. We compared the use of postacute care in skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities by enrollees in Medicare Advantage and FFS Medicare after hospital discharge for three high-volume conditions: lower extremity joint replacement, stroke, and heart failure. After accounting for differences in patient char...
Source: Health Affairs - January 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Huckfeldt, P. J., Escarce, J. J., Rabideau, B., Karaca-Mandic, P., Sood, N. Tags: Managed Care - Medicare, Medicare, Quality Of Care Postacute Care Source Type: research
