Independence at Home Year Six Evaluation Report

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the year six report on the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration project. Here are the key takeaways:

The results of the evaluation of the demonstration’s first six years provide no compelling evidence that the payment incentive affected the delivery of care in a way that measurably reduced total Medicare expenditures or hospital use.

Many IAH practices did not meet standards for all six quality measures tied to payment, even though doing so would have increased the amount of the incentive payments.

The two-page overview:

• Findings-At-A-Glance

The report (includes overall key takeaways):

• Year Six Evaluation Report
• Go directly to the Overall Key Takeaways

Additional Supporting Materials:

• Appendices: Methods and supplemental tables
• Model Page: Independence at Home Demonstration
• CMS.gov