Post-Acute Care Admissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Disabilities During Payment Reform and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Recent Medicare payment reforms aimed to improve post-acute access to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies (HHAs) for patients with complex care needs, including beneficiaries with disabilities. Soon after reforms were implemented, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began, which disproportionately affected older adults and people with disabilities. Leveraging Medicare administrative data to identify 2 distinct cohorts of beneficiaries with disabilities, this study explored changes in their SNF and HHA admission patterns during payment reform and COVID-19.

Research design and methods

Secondary analysis of 2018-2021 Medicare administrative data for 2 cohorts of fee-for-service beneficiaries with disabilities: (a) enrolle

SUBMITTER: Prusynski RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12082293 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature