Evaluation of the Medicare Care Choices Model: Fifth and Final Annual Evaluation Report
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Evaluates the Medicare Care Choice Model (MCCM), which tests whether offering eligible Medicare beneficiaries the option to receive supportive services without forgoing payment for treatment of their terminal conditions improved their quality of life and care, increased patient and family satisfaction, and reduced Medicare expenditures. Describes the characteristics of participating hospices and withdrawal of providers over time; beneficiaries who were referred to, eligible for, and enrolled in MCCM; services provided and the quality of service delivery; transitions from MCCM to the Medicare hospice benefit; beneficiary outcomes and effects across subgroups; and key findings. Includes information on rural provider and beneficiary participation in the model and compares rural and urban beneficiary outcomes.
Date
11/2023
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Document
Organizations
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mathematica
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Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Medicare · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Service delivery models · Statistics and data