Association of Medicaid-Focused or Commercial Medicaid Managed Care Plan Type With Outpatient and Acute Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Enrollment in Medicaid managed care plans has increased rapidly, particularly in national commercial insurance plans. Whether the type of managed care plan is associated with the use of health services for Medicaid beneficiaries is unknown.

Objective

To compare the use of outpatient and acute care between Medicaid enrollees randomly assigned to a national commercial managed care plan or a local Medicaid-focused managed care plan.

Design, setting, and participants

This natural experiment of a cohort of Medicaid enrollees randomly assigned to 2 managed care plans in a Northeastern US state was conducted from June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2013. Statistical analysis was performed from September 1, 2019, to August 30, 2020.

Interventions

Assignment to a Medi

SUBMITTER: Swaminathan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573794 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature