A Cost Reimbursement Model for Hepatitis C Treatment Care Coordination.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the cost of delivering a hepatitis C virus care coordination program at 2 New York City health care provider organizations and describe a potential payment model for these currently nonreimbursed services.

Design

An economic evaluation of a hepatitis C care coordination program was conducted using micro-costing methods compared with macro-costing methods. A potential payment model was calculated for 3 phases: enrollment to treatment initiation, treatment initiation to treatment completion, and a bonus payment for laboratory evidence of successful treatment outcome (sustained viral response).

Setting

Two New York City health care provider organizations.

Participants

Care coordinators and peer educators delivering care coordination services

SUBMITTER: Behrends CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature