The latest Chartbook report revealed that Medicare and Medicare Advantage home health beneficiaries are older, sicker, poorer and more racially diverse. And in a change from years past, fewer of them are joint replacement recipients; more are complex, higher-acuity patients. Jennifer Schiller, executive director of the Research Institute for Home Care, which published the report, talks about the significance of these findings in a Newsmakers podcast with McKnight’s Home Care. The report also uncovered continued beneficiary access issues with MA plans, she explained.
In this podcast, Jennifer Schiller, executive director of the Research Institute for Home Care, talks about her organization’s new name, how it funds a grant specifically dedicated for home care research. She also discussed some of the big issues in home care, which include staffing; polypharmacy; multiple payment models; telemedicine; diversity, equity and inclusion; and family caregiving.
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