Health Care Rounds

In this episode, John reviews what happened in the world of health care this past week, specifically the results of a study published on March 11 in the JAMA Internal Medicine on Home Health and how it can provide a significant amount of savings when compared to other discharge locations. Home health care agencies save Medicare millions of dollars compared with skilled nursing facilities, despite higher readmission rates, according to the study. Researchers used Medicare claims data from 2010 through 2016 to compare the results of more than 17 million hospitalizations, where 39% were discharged to home health and 61% to skilled nursing. This massive study—17 million cases over a seven-year period—demonstrates the enormous potential value home health care can bring to Medicare and other payers. About Darwin Research Group Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the glo