Importance Several policy proposals advocate introducing copayments for home health care
in the Medicare program. To our knowledge, no prior studies have assessed this cost …

Medicare covers home health benefits for homebound beneficiaries who need intermittent
skilled care. While home health care can help prevent costlier institutional care, some …

The Affordable Care Act directed Medicare to update its home health prospective payment
system to reflect more recent data on costs and use of services—an exercise known as …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To compare home health utilization and clinical outcomes
between Medicare beneficiaries in the feefor-service (FFS) and Medicare Advantage (MA) …

Background: Home health use is rising rapidly in the United States as the population ages,
the prevalence of chronic disease increases, and older Americans express their desire to …

Home health care has been one of the fastest-growing parts of the Medicare program, with
spending doubling on these services between 2001 and 2014. 1 In 2014, roughly 3.4 million …

Importance Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans recently surpassed traditional Medicare
(TM) in enrollment. However, MA plans are facing scrutiny for burdensome prior …

Using a substantial change in Medicare reimbursement policy to study the market for home
health care, I find that the introduction of tightly binding average per-patient reimbursement …

Background: The Affordable Care Act allowed an optional Medicaid State Plan benefit for
states to establish Health Homes coordinating care for people who have chronic conditions …

The Medicare home health benefit provides coverage for home visits by skilled health care
professionals. To be eligible for the home health benefit, a beneficiary must meet three …