We compared overall rates and geographic variation in use of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) between veterans who used the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and propensity-matched veterans who used Medicare. “Dual users” were excluded. Results There were no significant differences in clinical ...
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans receive billions of federal dollars for enrolling veterans who receive no Medicare services, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study highlights the growing prevalence of high-veteran MA plans—defined as plans where 20%...
Coverage of hospice care for veterans by the VA, TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and other forms of reimbursement Coordination of care with the staff of the local VA medical center, including joint visits when appropriate VITAS liaisons, who in many locations are veterans themselves,...
To examine longitudinal changes in Medicare-eligible veterans' reliance on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for primary and specialty care over 4 years. We merged VA administrative and Medicare claims data to examine outpatient use during fiscal years (FY) 2001 to 2004 by...
MSc JAMA Internal Medicine Correction Numeric Errors in Table 1 JAMA Internal Medicine Key Points Question Among veterans with kidney failure, is receipt of nephrology care in Medicare vs the Veterans Affairs health care system associated with more frequent initiation of dialysis or higher overall survi...
Linked VHA and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data were used to identify non-VHA hospitalizations. Fee-basis data (which describe health care services that were paid for by the VHA but that were obtained by veterans outside the VHA facilities) were also used to identify inpatient and...
4 MISSION Act related changes in payment and notifications, particularly reimbursing most community ED claims at 100% of Medicare rates, may have inadvertently created incentives leading to a transition in the primary payer for emergency care. This shift, from Medicare or other private payers to ...
Thirty-day readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries by race and site of care. JAMA. 2011;305(7):675-681. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.123ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 18. Hasnain-Wynia R, Baker DW, Nerenz D, et al. Disparities in health care are driven by where ...
These results were obtained within the Veterans Health Administration, which provides comparatively broad access to care and follow-up; results among patients without regular access to care may be different. We analyzed the sensitivity of our results to COVID-19 infections known to VA or Medicare....
Design, Setting, and Participants This retrospective cohort study used Veterans Affairs (VA) Surgical Quality Improvement Program data (2016 through 2019) linked to the Residential History File, combining data from the VA, Medicare/Medicaid, and other sources to capture most health car...