ArticleHealth services research2026
Methodological Approaches to Examining Home Health Using Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Claim Data.
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- Patient-Driven Grouping Model and Home Health Use Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2026Article
- Medicare Advantage Prior-Authorizations Are Linked to Racial Differences in End-of-Life Home Health Use.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe a claims-based methodology for constructing new home health stays using traditional Medicare (TM) claims data and Medicare advantage (MA) encounter data. STUDY SETTING AND
designTo demonstrate our methodology's performance, we assessed the percentages of TM and MA beneficiaries with one and two or more stays, and the mean length of a stay (LOS) among home health recipients. We compared 2019 and 2021 results to evaluate the methodology's feasibility pre- and post-implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). DATA SOURCES AND ANALYTIC SAMPLE: We used 2019 and 2021 TM and MA home health claims and 2019 outcome and assessment information set for a nationally representative 20% sample of Medicare beneficiaries. PRINCIPAL
findingsIn 2019, a lower percentage of MA beneficiaries had new home health stays than TM (5.9% vs. 6.5%). Among home health recipients, approximately 90% had a single stay. The mean LOS in MA was 39 days, compared with 44 days in TM. The statistics from the 2021 data were similar, except that the mean LOS in TM increased to 46 days.
conclusionsOur claims-based new home health stay methodology is feasible both pre- and post-PDGM and would enable direct comparisons of home health utilization in TM and MA.
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