Medicare: Use of Preventive Services Could be Better Aligned with Clinical Recommendations

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By James C. Cosgrove (au)
Year: 2012
Pages: 74
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-2874-4

Product Code: 145782874X

Description

Preventive care services have the potential to improve health outcomes and lower health care expenditures. This report examines: (1) whether preventive service use by Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries aligns with recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; (2) use of the Welcome to Medicare (WTM) exam and its association with use of preventive services; (3) preventive service use in Medicare Advantage (MA) relative to FFS; (and (4) service use among MA health maintenance org. (HMO) and efforts by high-performing HMOs to encourage preventive care. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.

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