Medicare Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Improved Quality of Care & Reduced Spending By 1.9%

The Medicare Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model increased home health provider organization performance on quality-of-care measures by 51% compared to their performance prior to participating. The model also reduced total fee-for-service Medicare spending among home health users by 1.9% per home health episode plus the 30 days following the episode. The reduction in spending averaged $2.63 per beneficiary per day, and cumulatively saved Medicare $1.3 billion between 2016 and 2021. The reduction was largely due to lower spending on inpatient services.

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