Spending on post-acute care is much greater in traditional Medicare than it is among commercial payers for similar patients.
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A Commonwealth Fund report finds very moderate trends in post-acute care spending for Medicare.
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A new study demonstrates again that Medicare Advantage plans are able to reduce utilization and spending while maintaining or even improving quality.
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Research in Health Affairs suggests that where a patient goes after surgery determines how much spending is incurred.
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Research published in Health Affairs finds that Medicare Advantage plans provide better post-acute care than that in the Medicare FFS option, at a lower cost.
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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ provides an all-payer look at what happens after patients are discharged from the hospital.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.