JAGS Paper: Falling Behind - The Growth of Frail, High-Need Beneficiaries Receiving Home-Based Primary Care in Traditional Medicare 2014–2021
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) has published a research letter, "Falling Behind: The Growth of Frail, High-Need Beneficiaries Receiving Home-Based Primary Care in Traditional Medicare 2014–2021."
Home-based primary care (HBPC) is an important service for complex, high-need patients that has been shown to improve health outcomes while significantly lowering the total cost of care. Recipients of HBPC are less likely to be hospitalized and spend more total days at home, compared to those who do not receive HBPC.
In this research, authors investigate growth in the share of the high-need population that can benefit from HBPC and whether there has been corresponding growth in receipt of HBPC.
The authors conclude that it is time for a permanent, value-based model in traditional Medicare that can support the widespread growth of HBPC, which is required to close the large gap between high-need beneficiaries and HBPC supply.
Read the paper.
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