Medicare Transitional Care Management Program and Changes in Timely Postdischarge Follow-Up

In this cross-sectional interrupted time-series study of 77 million Medicare discharges from 2010 to 2019, implementation of TCM payments was associated with a statistically significant and persistent increase in rates of postdischarge primary care follow-up, increasing from 31.9% in 2010 to 39.2% in 2019. Despite this increase, demographic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of follow-up persisted.

Medicare Transitional Care Management Program and Changes in Timely Postdischarge Follow-Up

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