Industry Note:
Copays May Not Solve Budget Problems, Study Suggests
Published on Fri May 12, 2017
Copays don’t curb utilization. When law- and policymakers go looking for places to raise revenues, copayments for home health agency services is often a popular destination. But a new study gives the industry ammunition to fight that concept. “We found no evidence that imposing a copayment reduced the use of home health care,” senior author Dr. Amal Trivedi, associate professor [...]