TY - JOUR
KW - behavioral health integration
KW - Health Care Reform
KW - Medicaid Utilization and Costs
KW - patient-centered medical homes
KW - Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative
KW - Physical and Mental Health Co-morbidities
AU - K. V. Rhodes
AU - S. Basseyn
AU - R. Gallop
AU - E. Noll
AU - A. Rothbard
AU - P. Crits-Christoph
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: The Chronic Care Initiative (CCI) was a large state-wide patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiative in Pennsylvania in place from 2008-2011. OBJECTIVE: Determine whether the CCI impacted the utilization and costs for Medicaid patients with chronic medical conditions and comorbid psychiatric or substance use disorders. DESIGN: Analysis of Medicaid claims using difference-in-difference regression analyses to compare changes in utilization and costs for patients treated at CCI practices to propensity score-matched patients treated at comparison non-CCI practices. SETTING: Ninety-six CCI practices in Pennsylvania and 60 non-CCI practices during the same time period. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 11,105 comorbid Medicaid patients treated in CCI practices and an equal number of propensity-matched comparison patients treated in non-CCI practices. MEASUREMENTS: Changes in total per-patient costs from 1 year prior to 1 year following an index episode period. Secondary outcomes included utilization and costs for emergency department (ED), inpatient, and outpatient services. RESULTS: The CCI group experienced an average adjusted total cost savings of $4145.28 per patient per year (P = 0.023) for the CCI relative to the non-CCI group. This was largely driven by a $3521.15 savings (P = 0.046) in inpatient medical costs, in addition to relative savings in outpatient psychiatric ($21.54, P < 0.001) and substance abuse service costs ($16.42, P = 0.013), compared to the non-CCI group. The CCI group, related to the non-CCI group, had decreases in expected mean counts of ED visits (for those who had any) and psychiatric hospitalizations of 15.6 (95 % CI: -21, -9) and 40.7 (95 % CI: -57, -18) percentage points respectively. LIMITATIONS: We do not measure quality of care and cannot make conclusions about the overall cost-effectiveness or long-term effects of the CCI. CONCLUSIONS: The CCI was associated with substantial cost savings, attributable primarily to reduced inpatient costs, among a high-risk group of Medicaid patients, who may disproportionally benefit from care management in patient-centered medical homes.
BT - Journal of general internal medicine
C5 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home
CP - 11
CY - United States
DO - 10.1007/s11606-016-3734-y
IS - 11
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
N2 - BACKGROUND: The Chronic Care Initiative (CCI) was a large state-wide patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiative in Pennsylvania in place from 2008-2011. OBJECTIVE: Determine whether the CCI impacted the utilization and costs for Medicaid patients with chronic medical conditions and comorbid psychiatric or substance use disorders. DESIGN: Analysis of Medicaid claims using difference-in-difference regression analyses to compare changes in utilization and costs for patients treated at CCI practices to propensity score-matched patients treated at comparison non-CCI practices. SETTING: Ninety-six CCI practices in Pennsylvania and 60 non-CCI practices during the same time period. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 11,105 comorbid Medicaid patients treated in CCI practices and an equal number of propensity-matched comparison patients treated in non-CCI practices. MEASUREMENTS: Changes in total per-patient costs from 1 year prior to 1 year following an index episode period. Secondary outcomes included utilization and costs for emergency department (ED), inpatient, and outpatient services. RESULTS: The CCI group experienced an average adjusted total cost savings of $4145.28 per patient per year (P = 0.023) for the CCI relative to the non-CCI group. This was largely driven by a $3521.15 savings (P = 0.046) in inpatient medical costs, in addition to relative savings in outpatient psychiatric ($21.54, P < 0.001) and substance abuse service costs ($16.42, P = 0.013), compared to the non-CCI group. The CCI group, related to the non-CCI group, had decreases in expected mean counts of ED visits (for those who had any) and psychiatric hospitalizations of 15.6 (95 % CI: -21, -9) and 40.7 (95 % CI: -57, -18) percentage points respectively. LIMITATIONS: We do not measure quality of care and cannot make conclusions about the overall cost-effectiveness or long-term effects of the CCI. CONCLUSIONS: The CCI was associated with substantial cost savings, attributable primarily to reduced inpatient costs, among a high-risk group of Medicaid patients, who may disproportionally benefit from care management in patient-centered medical homes.
PP - United States
PY - 2016
SN - 1525-1497; 0884-8734
SP - 1373
EP - 1381
EP - 
T1 - Pennsylvania's Medical Home Initiative: Reductions in Healthcare Utilization and Cost Among Medicaid Patients with Medicaland Psychiatric Comorbidities
T2 - Journal of general internal medicine
TI - Pennsylvania's Medical Home Initiative: Reductions in Healthcare Utilization and Cost Among Medicaid Patients with Medicaland Psychiatric Comorbidities
U1 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home
U2 - 27353455
U3 - 10.1007/s11606-016-3734-y
VL - 31
VO - 1525-1497; 0884-8734
Y1 - 2016
ER -