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Medicare Advantage penetration and the financial distress of rural hospitals

Health Economics Review
Background Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration rates have shown an increase in rural areas in the past decade, increasing the bargaining power of MA plans relative to rural hospitals. We study the effect that this increase has had in the revenue of rural
Guido Cataife, Siying Liu
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Frailty in Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Network Open
ImportanceA growing proportion of the population is enrolling in Medicare Advantage (MA), which typically offers additional benefits compared with traditional Medicare (TM).ObjectiveTo determine whether frailty and frailty trajectories differ between MA enrollees and TM enrollees.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis retrospective cohort study used ...
Shi, Sandra M., Olivieri-Mui, Brianne, Park, Chan Mi, Sison, Stephanie, McCarthy, Ellen P., Kim, Dae H.   +5 more
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Voices of Beneficiaries: Early Experiences with the Medicare Drug Benefit [PDF]

, 2006
Presents findings from a survey that examines the enrollment decisions, experiences, and future concerns related to the prescription drug coverage of beneficiaries with the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Jack Hoadley
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How Health Reform Legislation Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

, 2010
Analyzes how provisions in the House and Senate healthcare reform bills and President Barack Obama's proposal would improve Medicare benefits, strengthen the fiscal solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and reduce spending ...
Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis, Stuart Guterman   +2 more
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Food Insecurity Among Medicare Beneficiaries in 2017–2022: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Food insecurity affects many older adults and is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes. However, most prior research has relied on cross‐sectional data, and evidence on predictors of subsequent food insecurity among Medicare beneficiaries remains limited. Methods We conducted a retrospective longitudinal cohort study of
David D. Kim, Charles J. Duncan, Elliott Crummer   +2 more
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The Medicare Drug Benefit in California: Facts and Figures [PDF]

, 2008
Provides a 2008 snapshot of the Medicare Part D market in California, including sources and plan types of drug coverage, monthly premiums, and benefit designs.

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Primary Health Care Services and Continuity of Care Are Associated With Better Health Outcomes in the Older Population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Older people's preference is to age in place. Optimizing the delivery of high‐quality home‐based primary care for this growing population is a priority for healthcare systems worldwide. Provision of primary care is essential to support the health and wellbeing of the older population, yet there is a lack of high‐quality evidence ...
Gillian E. Caughey, Johannes Schwabe, Brian W. Pulling, Maria Crotty, Helena Williams, Andrew Kellie, Gillian Harvey, Steve L. Wesselingh, David Roder, Krystal‐Lee Nixon, Janet K. Sluggett, Monica Cations, Tiffany K. Gill, Jyoti Khadka, Megan Corlis, Carolyn Dawkins, Marilyn von Thien, Maria C. Inacio   +17 more
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Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: Issues and Options for Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

, 2005
Identifies potential problems and offers options for assisting Medicare beneficiaries during the period following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Brian Biles, Nora Super
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Multi‐State Implementation of the Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Coordination (DCC) Program

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Facilitators and Barriers to DCC Program Implementation. ABSTRACT Background The Alzheimer's Association partnered with health systems in Illinois, Greater Missouri, and Washington to implement and evaluate the Knight Family dementia care coordination (DCC) program, a novel telephone‐based care coordination service that bridged the gap between clinical
Nancy A. Hodgson, Sarra Latif, Sonia Talwar, Liming Huang, Kerry Finegan, Lauren Stratton, Sam Fazio, Monica Moreno   +7 more
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Free Trade in Health Care: The Gains from Globalized Medicare and Medicaid [PDF]

, 2009
The huge gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other countries with comparable health care outcomes suggests the potential for substantial gains from trade.
Dean Baker, Hye Jin Rho
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