Incremental Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Diagnosed with Heart Disease – Post-Acute Care Costs

Incremental Costs of Care per Capita for FFS Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with Heart Disease, 2015: Post Acute Care Costs, by county. This map shows the concentrations of counties with the highest incremental post acute care costs per capita – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi, with pockets located in southeastern Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee, and Kentucky.


Geographic Patterns:
The average costs incurred by Post-Acute Care Medicare Beneficiaries with heart disease above and beyond the costs incurred among beneficiaries without heart disease in 2020 by County. The map shows that the concentrations of counties with the highest average Incremental cost of care – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Guam, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Nebraska. Pockets of high-rate counties also were found in Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, California, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

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