THE NEED FOR PRIMARY CARE AT HOME FOR SENIORS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE
More than two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries, or 21.4 million, have two or more chronic conditions, and more than 15 percent have six or more. Ninety-two percent of beneficiaries with six or more chronic conditions had a doctor visit during the year and almost half (46 percent) had 13 or more visits. Older adults spend an average of three weeks every year on health care outside their homes.
BACKGROUND
Allowing Medicare beneficiaries to receive care at home can reduce the barriers to accessing health care, including high costs, poor care coordination, and transportation barriers.
Moving Health Home’s Primary Care at Home for Seniors would allow primary care providers enrolled in Medicare Part B to elect to receive a monthly capitated payment as an alternative to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to increase the feasibility of home-based models. Read more about the bill here or below:
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Americans want home to be the center of their health:
- Americans Are Comfortable Receiving Care in the Home
- 70 percent of those surveyed are comfortable with care in the home citing that familiarity helps alleviate anxiety and improve communication. This is especially important for those from underserved and minority communities.
- Americans Are Confident in the Quality of Receiving Care in the Home
- 73 percent of adults are confident in the quality of receiving care in the home.
- 85 percent of caregivers are confident in the quality of receiving care in the home.
- 88 percent of adults were satisfied with the clinical care services they received in the home.
- Americans Prefer and Would Recommend Care in the Home
- 85 percent of people who have had experience with care in the home would recommend it to family and friends.
- Americans Support Expanded Care in the Home
- A bipartisan majority of consumers say it should be a priority for the federal government to increase access to clinical care in the home (73 percent Democrats, 61 percent Republicans).
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