A 12-page Executive Summary offering summary highlights for 22 Accountable Care Organizations and ACO solutions companies regarding their successes during the most recent MSSP performance year.
Disparities in Home Health Care Referrals and Readmissions Among Medicare Patients
- Black patients: 22.4% discharged with HHC referrals; 15.4% readmission rate
- White patients: 26.7% discharged with HHC referrals; 10.4% readmission rate
- Hispanic patients: 14.7% discharged with HHC referrals; 12.6% readmision rate
- Other races: 27.2% discharged with HHC referrals; 12.3% readmission rate
Source: Medical Care, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Home Health Referral Among Adult Medicare Patients," January 2024 - https://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/fulltext/2024/01000/racial_and_ethnic_…