Health Affairs Publishes New Age-Friendly Health Articles in June and July
Health Affairs has published four new Age-Friendly Health articles and two Health Podyssey podcasts in June and July on transitional care management, the impact of value-based purchasing programs on skilled nursing facilities, the CMS hospice star rating system, and qualified Medicare beneficiary programs.
All four articles are part of Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health series.
Health Affairs July issue:
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program: Enrollment Trends and Characteristics of Low-Income Beneficiaries by J. Wyatt Koma, Zhiyou Yang, Mary Price, David Cheng, Felippe Marcondes, Kobi Khong, John Hsu, Margarita Alegría, Joseph P. Newhouse, Vicki Fung
The authors analyze data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) from 2016 to 2022 to examine enrollment trends in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program and compare the characteristics of enrollees with those of eligible non-enrollees.
Health Affairs June issue:
Transitional Care Management Associated with More Healthy Days at Home, Lower Spending After Hospital Discharge by MacKenzie L. Hughes, Wen Hu, Jackie Soo, Joseph H. Joo, Shriram Parashuram, Adil Moiduddin, Steven Sheingold, Joshua M. Liao
The authors examine the effects of transitional care management (TCM) on patient outcomes and spending after hospital discharge, analyzing the role of different payment models.
Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Failed to Achieve Hospital Readmission Reductions and Other Targets by Robert E. Burke, Franya Hutchins, Jonathan Heintz, Scott Appel, Julie Norman, Syama Patel, Atul Gupta, Liam Rose, Rachel M. Werner
The authors evaluate the effectiveness of the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program in reducing hospital readmissions and other targets using a difference-in-differences analysis of data from 2011 to 2021.
- Podcast: Robert Burke on The Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs on Skilled Nursing Facilities
CMS’s Hospice Star Rating System Limited By Missing Data by Amanda C. Chen, David C. Grabowski
The authors look at the CMS hospice star rating system and provide recommendations for CMS and other policy makers to improve the value for hospice patients of publicly reported star ratings.
- Map: An online interactive map plots the location and star rating status of every US hospice provider and expands upon the paper's findings.
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