The Medicare Beneficiary of the 21st Century: Effect on Geriatric Practices

The Medicare beneficiary is changing, and these changes are affecting how geriatric care providers practice. From the physical layout of the practice, to marketing, to management from an administrative and clinical aspect, all is about to change. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC; www.MedPAC.gov) recently assessed for Congress the changing demographics of the Medicare beneficiary by identifying eight major changes,1 as follow:

Increase in Number of Beneficiaries as Baby Boomers Age
Everyone is aware of the aging baby boomers becoming Medicare-eligible, but the tr...