Studies from K. Kranker et al Further Understanding of Medicare and Medicaid (Effects of Medicaid disease management programs on medical…

Studies from K. Kranker et al Further Understanding of Medicare and Medicaid (Effects of Medicaid disease management programs on medical expenditures: Evidence from a natural experiment in Georgia)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Medicare and Medicaid have been published. According to news reporting from Princeton, New Jersey, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "In recent decades, most states' Medicaid programs have introduced disease management programs for chronically ill beneficiaries. Interventions assist beneficiaries and their health care providers to appropriately manage chronic health condition(s) according to established clinical guidelines."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, "Cost containment has been a key justification for the creation of these programs despite mixed evidence they actually save money. This study evaluates the effects of a disease management program in Georgia by exploiting a natural experiment that delayed the introduction of high-intensity services for several thousand beneficiaries. Expenditures for medical claims decreased an average of $89 per person per month for the high-and moderate-risk groups, but those savings were not large enough to offset the total costs of the program. Impacts varied by the intensity of interventions, over time, and across disease groups."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Heterogeneous treatment effect analysis indicates that decreases in medical expenditures were largest at the most expensive tail of the distribution."

For more information on this research see: Effects of Medicaid disease management programs on medical expenditures: Evidence from a natural experiment in Georgia. Journal of Health Economics, 2016;46():52-69. Journal of Health Economics can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Health Economics - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-health-economics/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting K. Kranker, Math Policy Res, POB 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Princeton, New Jersey, United States, Health Policy, Medicare and Medicaid, North and Central America

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