The 2016 Report on Home Health Agencies (the latest available) indicated that 56,051 Mississippians received home health services during the year. The reported noted there were 2,024,397 home health care visits made in 2016 in Mississippi. Each patient (all payor sources) received an average of thirty-four (34) visits.
Table 7-3
Medicare Home Health Statistics in the Ten-State Region January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Medicare - Home Health Visits | Total Medicare Payments | Total Medicare Home Health Patients | Average Reimbursement per Patient | Average Visits per Patient | |
Region Total | 29,061,847 | $ 4,652,629,450.00 | 889,078 | $ 5,124.97 | 32 |
Alabama | 2,217,084 | $ 321,291,412.00 | 64,334 | $ 4,994 | 34 |
Arkansas | 1,219,936 | $ 176,670,199.00 | 37,048 | $ 4,769 | 33 |
Florida | 10,513,344 | $ 1,669,158,168.00 | 296,817 | $ 5,624 | 35 |
Georgia | 2,381,959 | $ 408,974,845.00 | 83,207 | $ 4,915 | 29 |
Kentucky | 1,610,208 | $ 269,769,104.00 | 54,580 | $ 4,943 | 30 |
Louisiana | 2,306,258 | $ 340,127,444.00 | 59,238 | $ 5,742 | 39 |
Mississippi | 2,038,156 | $ 312,686,190.00 | 56,493 | $ 5,535 | 36 |
North Carolina | 2,624,724 | $ 469,880,000.00 | 103,654 | $ 4,533 | 25 |
South Carolina | 1,713,498 | $ 295,320,459.00 | 64,492 | $ 4,579 | 27 |
Tennessee | 2,436,680 | $ 388,751,629.00 | 69,215 | $ 5,617 | 35 |
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics, CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics, CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse
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