There is financial inefficiency and waste in home health care, which is highlighted by the variation in spend across the country, according to a new study. The study — published this month in the American Journal of Managed Care — examined U.S. counties where at least one home health agency served 11 or more beneficiaries […]
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Where a patient lives has a lot of influence over whether they receive inpatient or home health care after a hospital discharge, according to one recent study. As such, Medicare spending is variable based on urban or rural care settings. Out of a sample of 1.56 million discharges of urban patients from urban hospitals and […]