Management Care for Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: An Evaluation of Institutional Special Needs Plans
- 1 September 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 25 (9), 438-+
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the patterns of clinical service use for long-term nursing home residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs), which provide on-site direct coordinated care for beneficiaries through the use of advanced practice clinicians. STUDY DESIGN: Observational analysis of 8052 I-SNP members and 12,982 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Long-term nursing home residents across 13 states. METHODS: Multivariate analyses were performed to compare rates of emergency department (ED), inpatient, and skilled nursing facility (SNF) use between I-SNP members and Medicare FFS long-term nursing home residents. RESULTS: In comparison with FFS institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries, I-SNP members had 51% Lowe ED use, 38% fewer hospitalizations, and 45% fewer readmissions, whereas their SNF use was 112% higher. CONCLUSIONS: "At-risk" models, administered through specialized Medicare Advantage plans, that invest in clinical management in the nursing home setting have the potential to allow individuals to receive care on-site and avoid costly inpatient transfers.Keywords
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