Colorectal cancer screening in newly insured Medicaid members: a review of concurrent federal and state policies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized by Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured. Multiple national and state policies were enacted from 2010 to 2014 to increase access to Medicaid and to promote CRC screening among Medicaid enrollees. We aimed to determine the impact of these policies on screening initiation among newly enrolled Oregon Medicaid beneficiaries age-eligible for CRC screening.

Methods

We identified national and state policies affecting Medicaid coverage and preventive services in Oregon during 2010-2014. We used Oregon Medicaid claims data from 2010 to 2015 to conduct a cohort analysis of enrollees who turned 50 and became age-eligible for CRC screening (a prevention milestone, and an age at which guideline-concordant screening can be asses

SUBMITTER: O'Leary MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6509857 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature