First-dollar cost-sharing for skilled nursing facility care in medicare advantage plans

• Main Authors: Laura M. Keohane (Author), Regina C. Grebla (Author), Momotazur Rahman (Author), Dana B. Mukamel (Author), Yoojin Lee (Author), Vincent Mor (Author), Amal Trivedi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The initial days of a Medicare-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay may have no cost-sharing or daily copayments depending on beneficiaries' enrollment in traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Some policymakers have advocated imposing first-dollar cost-sharing t...