The Independence at Home Demonstration ##® program for providing primary care to patients in their homes has raised $ 7.8 m for its second year running , according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS ) . Saving $ 746 per patient on average , the program covers healthcare practices and approximately 10,000 beneficiaries with home - based primary care services . The program was designed to demonstrate the way that a multidisciplinary approach to home ##bound care could help beneficiaries while reducing costs . Given that over 90 % of older Americans have at least one chronic condition , the need to tailor healthcare to an aging population has grown more urgent . Only 12 % of homebound patients currently receive the primary care services they need .
The Independence at Home Demonstration pilot program for providing primary care to patients in their homes has saved $7.8m for its second year running, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Saving $746 per patient on average, the program covers 15 practices and approximately 10,000 beneficiaries with home-based primary care services. The program was designed to demonstrate the way that a multidisciplinary approach to home health care could help beneficiaries while reducing costs. Given that over 90% of older Americans have at least one chronic condition, the need to tailor healthcare to an aging population has grown more urgent. Only 12% of homebound patients currently receive the primary care services they need.