{"id":9203,"date":"2018-01-09T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9203"},"modified":"2018-01-09T11:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:27:26","slug":"fee-for-service-medicare-might-provide-better-skilled-nursing-choices-for-its-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9203","title":{"rendered":"Fee-for-service Medicare might provide better skilled-nursing choices for its beneficiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In a new study published in the journal Health Affairs suggests that fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare might provide better skilled-nursing choices for its beneficiaries. The research team found that even if the person was in a five-star Medicare Advantage plan they still went to a lower-quality nursing home than someone in traditional Medicare. <a href=\"https:\/\/skillednursingnews.com\/2018\/01\/medicare-advantage-enrollees-likely-enter-low-quality-snfs\/\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8007\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study published in the journal Health Affairs suggests that fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare might provide better skilled-nursing choices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6,9,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-nursing-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9204,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9203\/revisions\/9204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}