Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage was associated with "higher use of preventive care visits, fewer hospital admissions, fewer emergency department visits, shorter hospital and skilled nursing facility lengths-of-stay, and lower health care spending."
However, the authors also found readmission rates, mortality, experience of care,
and disparities by race and ethnicity did not show better performance in Medicare Advantage plans, despite their receipt of higher payments.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith discusses the recent Supreme Court decision regarding unpaid cost-sharing reduction payments. Also, Deborah Steinberg and coauthors discuss gaps in Medicare’s coverage for substance use disorder treatment that leave behind beneficiaries who need intermediate
levels of care. Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a 2017 Health Affairs Blog post, Landon Hughes and Heather Pearson advocate for adapting health care quality measures to meet the needs of transgender people.
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Timing Out-Of-Pocket Spending In Health Care Is Challenging
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Stacie Dusetzina from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Michal Horný from Emory University on out-of-pocket health care spending.
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