Impacts of early ACA Medicaid expansions on physician participation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify impacts of early Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions on Medicaid participation for primary care physicians.

Data sources

The study uses secondary Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data from the United States for 2009-2012, as well as secondary National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) data from the United States for 2015.

Study design

The study uses a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study design where the policy change is Medicaid expansion in six states that adopted early ACA Medicaid expansions during 2010 and 2011: California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Washington. The key outcome variables are five monthly measures of physician participation: the number of Medicaid visits

SUBMITTER: Curto V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264476 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature