AHA: Medicare Advantage prior auth keeps discharge-ready patients in acute care beds

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries use less post-acute care and stay longer in acute care hospitals than their fee-for-service counterparts, preliminary findings from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission show, and the American Hospital Association is pointing to prior authorization as the reason. The AHA sent comments to MedPAC responding to the commission’s September discussion of post-acute care […] The post AHA: Medicare Advantage prior auth keeps discharge-ready patients in acu...