Post-Acute Care: Savings for Medicare Advantage Plans

September 6, 2018

Post-acute care (PAC) comprises one of every four dollars spent by a Medicare Advantage plan. For certain conditions, such as congestive heart failure (CHF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), post-acute care contributes nearly 70 percent of the total cost of care.1 Particularly as health plans seek additional savings to make their Medicare bids more competitive, taming PAC costs represents an important approach to bending the cost curve in healthcare.

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