New Findings in Healthcare Economics Described from American Dental Association (The Effect On Dental Care Utilization From Transitioning Pediatric Medicaid Beneficiaries To Managed Care): Economics – Healthcare Economics

2022 APR 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Economics - Healthcare Economics. According to news originating from Chicago, Illinois, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Compared to the fee-for-service (FFS) model, the managed care delivery system has the potential to improve health care management, increase provider accountability, and support better monitoring of health care quality. However, managed care organizations may attempt to control costs by curbing utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries or reducing reimbursement for Medicaid services.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from American Dental Association, “It is an empirical question whether managed care increases or decreases utilization of services. Using detailed pediatric public insurance dental claims data from 2016 through 2018, we examined whether the transition from FFS to managed care affects rates of dental care utilization. Between 2016 and 2018, Indiana, Missouri and Nebraska transitioned pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries from public dental fee-for-service programs to private managed care entities.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Using an extended two-way fixed-effects estimation framework, we found that dental managed care leads to a decline in dental care utilization, especially when compared to states that maintain FFS provision of Medicaid dental services.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Effect On Dental Care Utilization From Transitioning Pediatric Medicaid Beneficiaries To Managed Care. Health Economics, 2022. Health Economics can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Health Economics - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1050)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Kamyar Nasseh, American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, 211 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4496. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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