Study Findings on Medicare and Medicaid Are Outlined in Reports from Emory University (Medicaid Expenditures for Fee-for-Service Enrollees with…

Study Findings on Medicare and Medicaid Are Outlined in Reports from Emory University (Medicaid Expenditures for Fee-for-Service Enrollees with Behavioral Diagnoses: Findings from a 50 State Claims Analysis)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Fresh data on Medicare and Medicaid are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Medicaid is an important funder of care for individuals with behavioral (psychiatric and/or substance use) diagnoses, and expenditures will likely increase with expansion of services under the Affordable Care Act. This study provides national estimates of Medicaid expenditures using a comprehensive sample of fee-for-service Medicaid enrollees with behavioral diagnoses."

Financial support for this research came from National Institutes of Health (see also Medicare and Medicaid).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Emory University, "Data for analysis came from 2003 to 2004 Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) files for 50 states and the District of Columbia. Individuals with behavioral diagnoses had high rates of chronic medical comorbidities, and expenditures for medical (non-behavioral) diagnoses accounted for 74 % of their health care expenditures. Total Medicaid expenditure was approximately 15 billion dollars (equivalent to 18.91 billion in 2016 dollars) for individuals with any behavioral diagnosis."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Medicaid fee-for-service beneficiaries with behavioral diagnoses have a high treated prevalence of individual medical comorbid conditions, and the majority of health care expenditures in these individuals are for medical, rather than behavioral health, services."

For more information on this research see: Medicaid Expenditures for Fee-for-Service Enrollees with Behavioral Diagnoses: Findings from a 50 State Claims Analysis. Community Mental Health Journal, 2017;53(1):1-7. Community Mental Health Journal can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Springer - www.springer.com; Community Mental Health Journal - www.springerlink.com/content/0010-3853/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M.C. Ward, Emory University, Div Gen Med, Dept. of Med, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States. Additional authors for this research include C. Lally and B.G. Druss.

Keywords for this news article include: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Health Policy, Medicaid, Emory University.

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