Category: Post-acute care

Recon takes an analytical look behind select developments in healthcare

Buying kit for a leadership position in the @Home revolution? Implications of Optum’s acquisition of naviHealth

Tory Wolff May 27, 2020

Summary NaviHealth is a leader in post-acute care management; since it manages but does not provide care, its impact is constrained by quality of available providers By aligning with Optum clinical and technology assets, naviHealth can raise the capabilities of post-acute providers, direct more cases to be discharged directly to the home and speed up the return home for others Given inpatient stays often mark the start of sustained needs for help in the home, a post-acute navigator like naviHealth could be well-positioned to orchestrate longer-term “aging-in-place” support Overview of

Medicare Advantage’s durable – but underexplained – post-acute care advantage

Tory Wolff May 13, 2020

Health Affairs has put out another study – this one by Skopec and team (subscription access) – comparing post-acute care (PAC) among Medicare Advantage (MA) vs. traditional Medicare (FFS). And, once again (see earlier study here – subscription access), we learn that MA beneficiaries use a lot less PAC than FFS with no major differences in outcomes. The pattern varies by type of PAC: far fewer post-acute MA members spend time in an inpatient rehab facility (IRF) but, when they do, they stay just as long as their FFS counterparts;

Category: Post-acute care

Recon takes an analytical look behind select developments in healthcare

Buying kit for a leadership position in the @Home revolution? Implications of Optum’s acquisition of naviHealth

Medicare Advantage’s durable – but underexplained – post-acute care advantage

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