Impact of the 1115 behavioral health Medicaid waiver on adult Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of the Health and Recovery Plan (HARP), a capitated special needs Medicaid managed care product that fully integrates physical and behavioral health delivery systems in New York State.

Data sources

2013-2019 claims and encounters data on continuously enrolled individuals from the New York State Medicaid data system.

Study design

We used a difference-in-difference approach with inverse probability of exposure weights to compare service use outcomes in individuals enrolled in the HARP versus HARP eligible comparison group in two regions, New York City (NYC) pre- (2013-2015) versus post- (2016-2018) intervention periods, and rest of the state (ROS) pre- (2014-2016) versus post- (2017-2019) intervention periods.

Data collection/extracti

SUBMITTER: Frimpong EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature