Medicare Cognitive Assessments: Utilization Tripled between 2018 and 2022, but Challenges Remain
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Description
Describes the utilization of traditional Medicare's cognitive assessment service from 2018 through 2022. Presents stakeholder views on challenges providers and beneficiaries face in providing and accessing the
service, respectively. Discusses steps the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken
to increase awareness of the service. Includes information on the number of cognitive assessment services by urban and rural beneficiaries by race and ethnicity.
Date
12/2023
Type
Document
Organization
Government Accountability Office
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Access · Aging and aging-related services · Dementia · Medicare · Policy · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data