Medicaid Expenditures Among Children With Noncomplex Chronic Diseases

Bettenhausen, Jessica L.; Richardson, Troy; Shah, Samir S.; Hall, Matt; Andrews, Annie Lintzenich; Neff, John M.; Auger, Katherine A.; Hoefgen, Erik R.; Macy, Michelle L.; Plencner, Laura; Zima, Bonnie T.

doi:10.1542/peds.2018-0286

“…The enrollment of children into a MCO or fee-for-service (FFS) plan is varied by state policies, and includes factors such as plan availability, geography, disability or complex care needs, or enrollee choice. Children in FFS Medicaid plans are associated with greater expenditures [9] and in concordance with this, the portion of children enrolled in capitated MCOs are rising and FFS plans declining [4,10,11]. As public policy advocates for children, pediatric providers should have awareness of whether capitated payment models are associated with children's use of cost-effective locations, such as the PCP.…”

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Pediatric outpatient utilization by differing Medicaid payment models in the United States

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Rodean

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Background: In the United States (US), Medicaid capitated managed care costs are controlled by optimizing patients' healthcare utilization. Adults in capitated plans utilize primary care providers (PCP) more than emergency departments (ED), compared to fee-for-service (FFS). Pediatric data are lacking. We aim to determine the association between US capitated and FFS Medicaid payment models and children's outpatient utilization. Methods: This retrospective cohort compared outpatient utilization between two payment models of US Medicaid enrollees aged 1-18 years using Truven's 2014 Marketscan Medicaid database. Children enrolled > 11 months were included, and were excluded for eligibility due to disability/complex chronic condition, lack of outpatient utilization, or provider capitation penetration rate < 5% or > 95%. Negative binomial and logistic regression assessed relationships between payment model and number of visits or odds of utilization, respectively. Results: Of 711,008 children, 66,980(9.4%) had FFS and 644,028(90.6%) had capitated plans. Children in capitated plans had greater odds of visits to urgent care, PCP-acute, and PCP-well-child care (aOR 1.21[95%CI 1.15-1.26]; aOR 2.07[95%CI 2.03-2.13]; aOR 1.86 [95%CI 1.82-1.91], respectively), and had lower odds of visits to EDs and specialty care (aOR 0.82 [95%CI 0.8-0.83]; aOR 0.61 [95%CI 0.59-0.62], respectively), compared to FFS. Conclusions: The majority of children in this US Medicaid population had capitated plans associated with higher utilization of acute care, but increased proportion of lower-cost sites, such as PCP-acute visits and UC. Health insurance programs that encourage capitated payment models and care through the PCP may improve access to timely acute care in lower-cost settings for children with non-complex chronic conditions.

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“…(6) The enrollment of children into a MCO or fee-for-service (FFS) plan is varied by state policies, and includes factors such as plan availability, geography, disability or complex care needs, or enrollee choice. Children in FFS Medicaid plans are associated with greater expenditures (7) and in concordance with this, the portion of children enrolled in capitated MCOs are rising and FFS plans declining (4,8,9). As public policy advocates for children, pediatric providers should have awareness of whether capitated payment models are associated with children's use of cost-effective locations, such as the PCP.…”

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Pediatric Outpatient Utilization by Differing Medicaid Payment Models in the United States

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,

Friedman

²

,

Rodean

³

et al. 2020

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Background In the United States (US), medicaid capitated managed care costs are controlled by optimizing patients’ healthcare utilization. Adults in capitated plans utilize primary care providers (PCP) more than emergency departments (ED), compared to fee-for-service (FFS). Pediatric data are lacking. We aim to determine the association between US capitated and FFS Medicaid payment models and children’s outpatient utilization. Methods This retrospective cohort compared outpatient utilization between two payment models of Medicaid enrollees aged 1-18 years using Truven’s 2014 Marketscan Medicaid database. Children enrolled >11 months were included, and were excluded for eligibility due to disability/complex chronic condition, lack of outpatient utilization, or provider capitation penetration rate <5% or >95%. Negative binomial and logistic regression assessed relationships between payment model and number of visits or odds of utilization, respectively. Results Of 711,008 children, 66,980(9.4%) had FFS and 644,028(90.6%) had capitated plans. Children in capitated plans had greater odds of visits to urgent care, PCP-acute, and PCP-well-child care (aOR 1.21[95%CI 1.15-1.26]; aOR 2.07[95%CI 2.03-2.13]; aOR 1.86 [95%CI 1.82-1.91], respectively), and had lower odds of visits to EDs and specialty care (aOR 0.82 [95%CI 0.8-0.83]; aOR 0.61 [95%CI 0.59-0.62], respectively), compared to FFS. Conclusions The majority of children in this US Medicaid population had capitated plans associated with higher utilization of acute care, but increased proportion of lower-cost sites, such as PCP-acute visits and UC. Policies that improve healthcare coverage of children and programs that encourage capitated payment models with care coordination may improve access to timely acute care in lower-cost settings for non-chronically ill children.

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“…(8) The enrollment of children into a MCO or fee-for-service (FFS) plan is varied by state policies, and includes factors such as plan availability, geography, disability or complex care needs, or enrollee choice. Children in FFS Medicaid plans are associated with greater expenditures (9) and in concordance with this, the portion of children enrolled in capitated MCOs are rising and FFS plans declining (4,10,11). As public policy advocates for children, pediatric providers should have awareness of whether capitated payment models are associated with children's use of cost-effective locations, such as the PCP.…”

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confidence: 89%

Pediatric Outpatient Utilization by Differing Medicaid Payment Models in the United States

Canares

¹

,

Friedman

²

,

Rodean

³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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0

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Background In the United States (US), medicaid capitated managed care costs are controlled by optimizing patients’ healthcare utilization. Adults in capitated plans utilize primary care providers (PCP) more than emergency departments (ED), compared to fee-for-service (FFS). Pediatric data are lacking. We aim to determine the association between US capitated and FFS Medicaid payment models and children’s outpatient utilization. Methods This retrospective cohort compared outpatient utilization between two payment models of Medicaid enrollees aged 1-18 years using Truven’s 2014 Marketscan Medicaid database. Children enrolled >11 months were included, and were excluded for eligibility due to disability/complex chronic condition, lack of outpatient utilization, or provider capitation penetration rate <5% or >95%. Negative binomial and logistic regression assessed relationships between payment model and number of visits or odds of utilization, respectively. Results Of 711,008 children, 66,980(9.4%) had FFS and 644,028(90.6%) had capitated plans. Children in capitated plans had greater odds of visits to urgent care, PCP-acute, and PCP-well-child care (aOR 1.21[95%CI 1.15-1.26]; aOR 2.07[95%CI 2.03-2.13]; aOR 1.86 [95%CI 1.82-1.91], respectively), and had lower odds of visits to EDs and specialty care (aOR 0.82 [95%CI 0.8-0.83]; aOR 0.61 [95%CI 0.59-0.62], respectively), compared to FFS. Conclusions The majority of children in this US Medicaid population had capitated plans associated with higher utilization of acute care, but increased proportion of lower-cost sites, such as PCP-acute visits and UC. Policies that improve healthcare coverage of children and programs that encourage capitated payment models with care coordination may improve access to timely acute care in lower-cost settings for non-chronically ill children.

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Medicaid Expenditures Among Children With Noncomplex Chronic Diseases

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Pediatric outpatient utilization by differing Medicaid payment models in the United States

Pediatric outpatient utilization by differing Medicaid payment models in the United States

Pediatric Outpatient Utilization by Differing Medicaid Payment Models in the United States

Pediatric Outpatient Utilization by Differing Medicaid Payment Models in the United States

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