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Study finds modest growth in home care workforce compared with the increasing demand Recent growth in the number of healthcare workers providing home care for Medicare patients is "small and inadequate" compared with the increasing demand in an aging America, a new study suggests. To have hope of keeping up, Medicare likely will need to reconsider how it compensates providers for home care, the researchers say. Only 0.7 percent of physicians in Medicare provided home care regularly. Targeted policies are needed to support home-based medical care." Nengliang "Aaron" Yao, PhD, Researcher, Unive...

 E-Mail IMAGE:  "Only 0.7 percent of physicians in Medicare provided home care regularly, " said Nengliang "Aaron " Yao, PhD, a researcher with the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Section of Geriatric Medicine.... view more  Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Recent growth in the number of healthcare workers providing home care for Medicare patients is "small and inadequate" compared with the increasing demand in an aging America, a new study suggests. To have hope of keeping up, Medicare likely will need to reconsider how it compensates providers for home care, ...

Date Time Growth in Home Health Care Failing to Keep Up With Surging Demand, Study Finds Recent growth in the number of health care workers providing home care for Medicare patients is “small and inadequate” compared with the increasing demand in an aging America, a new study suggests. To have hope of keeping up, Medicare likely will need to reconsider how it compensates providers for home care, the researchers say. “Only 0.7% of physicians in Medicare provided home care regularly,” said Nengliang “Aaron” Yao, a researcher with the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Sec...