Geriatric Medicine

Reports from C.G. Bayne et al highlight recent research in geriatric medicine

Published in Health Insurance Week, May 10th, 2009

"Medicare reimbursement for home visits average around $100 without ancillaries, so making 10 home visits to prevent even a single $1,000 ambulance ride is cost-neutral for Medicare," scientists in the United States report.

"Home medical care is only an added cost if it fails to offset acute care use. The government's demographic and financial pressure suggests a need to press ahead with the enhanced mobile care model, so the explosion in point-of-care devices should continue," wrote C.G. Bayne and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "The main challenge is to decide which ones provide dispositive value to patients."

Bayne and...

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Source: Health Insurance Week (2009-05-10)

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