{"id":2960,"date":"2016-05-23T10:03:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2016-05-23T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:03:42","slug":"doctors-house-calls-saving-money-for-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2960","title":{"rendered":"Doctors\u2019 House Calls Saving Money For Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for ways to save money and improve care, Medicare officials are returning to an old-fashioned idea: house calls.<\/p>\n<p>But the experiment, called <a href=\"https:\/\/innovation.cms.gov\/initiatives\/independence-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independence at Home<\/a>, is more than a nostalgic throwback to the way medicine was practiced decades ago when the doctor arrived at the patient\u2019s door carrying a big black bag. Done right and paid right, house calls could prove to be a better way of treating very sick, elderly patients while they can still live at home. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/doctors-house-calls-saving-money-for-medicare\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=29842028&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Szu2etjUNnpVOIgotI7QmIY7aP1-KOj67NVvWWtwnpSUq1COMJoauCeEE7ZxZ49GO7a68qrYATsOqxQ_ZTOJ8nEMr4g&amp;_hsmi=29842028\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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