Medicare Pilot Project To Encourage In-Home Visits Saves More Than $25M In First Year
A Medicare pilot project that gives incentives for providers to visit elderly patients at home saved more than $25 million in its first year, CMS announced on Thursday. Under the project, called Independence at Home, participating practices make in-home visits and work to coordinate care for frail Medicare beneficiaries.
- "Medicare Project: House Calls for Frail Seniors Cut Costs" (Neergaard, AP/Miami Herald, 6/18).