{"id":19348,"date":"2021-06-24T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicareadvocacy.org\/?p=19348"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:54:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:54:25","slug":"snf-covid-disparities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicareadvocacy.org\/snf-covid-disparities\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial\/Ethnic Minorities and Dually Eligible Beneficiaries More Likely to Get COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, According to Office of Inspector General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>About half of all Black, Hispanic, and Asian Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes had or likely had COVID-19 in 2020 compared to about 40 percent of White beneficiaries, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Data Snapshot <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oei\/reports\/OEI-02-20-00490.pdf\"><em>COVID-19 Had A Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020<\/em><\/a>. Black beneficiaries in nursing homes had the highest rates of COVID-19 infections or likely infections at 51%, while 49% of Hispanic beneficiaries and 47% of Asian beneficiaries had or likely had infections. <a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Additionally, dually eligible beneficiaries \u2013 individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid \u2013 in nursing homes were more likely (56%) to contract COVID-19 than beneficiaries enrolled in only the Medicare program (29%).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OIG report further notes that the overall death rate for Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes increased by almost one-third in 2020, and concludes that there is a demonstrable need \u201cfor increased action to mitigate the effects of the ongoing pandemic and to avert such tragedies from occurring in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OIG highlights that the information in this Snapshot is drawn from data not previously reported on nursing home COVID-19 cases and deaths. Analysis was based on Medicare claims data and did not include nursing home residents who are not Medicare beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>June 24, 2021 &#8211; C. St. John<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><em>COVID-19 Had a Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020<\/em>. (June 2021). Office of Inspector General. OEI-02-20-00490. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oei\/reports\/OEI-02-20-00490.asp\">https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oei\/reports\/OEI-02-20-00490.asp<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About half of all Black, Hispanic, and Asian Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes had or likely had COVID-19 in 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