“MA enrollees with dementia report poor quality of care: study”

“MA enrollees with dementia report poor quality of care: study,” by Alicia Lasek, McKnight’s LTC News

 

Quote:

“Investigators examined MA consumer service assessment surveys. Study participants had Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias (ADRD) and had used nursing home, home health or inpatient services within the last three years. When analyzed, the data showed that dementia patients were more likely to report lower scores for needed care and customer services when compared with MA recipients without ADRD. … Full findings were published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.”

 

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

This does not bode well for MLTSS, capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Support, with which GAO has found access and quality problems.