Performance Metrics of Substance Use Disorder Care Among Medicaid Enrollees in New York, New York.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is limited evaluation of the performance of Medicaid managed care (MMC) private plans in covering substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.

Objective

To compare the performance of MMC plans across 19 indicators of access, quality, and outcomes of SUD treatment.

Design setting and participants

This cross-sectional study used administrative claims and mandatory assignment to plans of up to 159 016 adult Medicaid recipients residing in 1 of the 5 counties (boroughs) of New York, New York, from January 2009 to December 2017 to identify differences in SUD treatment access, patterns, and outcomes among different types of MMC plans. Data from the latest years were received from the New York State Department of Health in October 2019, and analysis began soon th

SUBMITTER: Alegria M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature