Improving Chronic Care Means Improving Functional Status: A Conversation with Dr. Gretchen Alkema (August 13th)
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Listen Now The most expensive Medicare beneficiaries are not those with multiple chronic conditions. They are those with chronic conditions AND functional impairment (i.e., those needing help with routine life activities). For example, the 15% of Medicare enrollees with both chronic conditions and functional limitations disproportinally account for one-third of Medicare spending. Alternatively, Medicare enrollees with three or more chronic conditions but no functional impairment (48%) account for roughly the same percent of spending (51%). The challenge therefore both in improving quality care for the chronically ill and reducing costs (via, for example, reduced hospitalizations) is in improving long term care supports and services (LTSS).
Improving Chronic Care Means Improving Functional Status: A Conversation with Dr. Gretchen Alkema (August 13th)
Improving Chronic Care Means Improving…
Improving Chronic Care Means Improving Functional Status: A Conversation with Dr. Gretchen Alkema (August 13th)
Listen Now The most expensive Medicare beneficiaries are not those with multiple chronic conditions. They are those with chronic conditions AND functional impairment (i.e., those needing help with routine life activities). For example, the 15% of Medicare enrollees with both chronic conditions and functional limitations disproportinally account for one-third of Medicare spending. Alternatively, Medicare enrollees with three or more chronic conditions but no functional impairment (48%) account for roughly the same percent of spending (51%). The challenge therefore both in improving quality care for the chronically ill and reducing costs (via, for example, reduced hospitalizations) is in improving long term care supports and services (LTSS).