Inadequate Risk Adjustment Impacts Geriatricians' Performance on Medicare Cost and Quality Measures.

Kenton J JohnstonHefei WenKaren E Joynt Maddox

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)

Medicare should consider risk adjusting for frailty, long-term institutionalization, dementia, and depression to avoid inappropriately penalizing geriatricians who care for vulnerable older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:297-304, 2020.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
affordable care act
depressive symptoms
palliative care
cognitive impairment
pain management