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Improving Diabetes Care Through Population Health Innovations and Payments: Lessons from Western Maryland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global budgets might incentivize healthcare systems to develop population health programs to prevent costly hospitalizations. In response to Maryland's all-payer global budget financing system, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Western Maryland developed an outpatient care management center called the Center for Clinical Resources (CCR) to support high-risk patients with chronic disease.

Objective

Evaluate the impact of the CCR on patient-reported, clinical, and resource utilization outcomes for high-risk rural patients with diabetes.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Participants

One hundred forty-one adult patients with uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c > 7%) and one or more social needs who were enrolled between 2018 and 2021.

Interventions

Team-based interventions that provided interdisciplinary care coordination (e.g., diabetes care coordinators), social needs support (e.g., food delivery, benefits assistance), and patient education (e.g., nutritional counseling, peer support).

Main measures

Patient-reported (e.g., quality of life, self-efficacy), clinical (e.g., HbA1c), and utilization outcomes (e.g., emergency department visits, hospitalizations).

Key results

Patient-reported outcomes improved significantly at 12 months, including confidence in self-management, quality of life, and patient experience (56% response rate). No significant demographic differences were detected between patients with or without the 12-month survey response. Baseline mean HbA1c was 10.0% and decreased on average by 1.2 percentage points at 6 months, 1.4 points at 12 months, 1.5 points at 18 months, and 0.9 points at 24 and 30 months (P<0.001 at all timepoints). No significant changes were observed in blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or weight. The annual all-cause hospitalization rate decreased by 11 percentage points (34 to 23%, P=0.01) and diabetes-related emergency department visits also decreased by 11 percentage points (14 to 3%, P=0.002) at 12 months.

Conclusions

CCR participation was associated with improved patient-reported outcomes, glycemic control, and hospital utilization for high-risk patients with diabetes. Payment arrangements like global budgets can support the development and sustainability of innovative diabetes care models.

SUBMITTER: Wang GX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Improving Diabetes Care Through Population Health Innovations and Payments: Lessons from Western Maryland.

Wang Gary X GX Gauthier Richard R Gunter Kathryn E KE Johnson Lori L Zhu Mengqi M Wan Wen W Tanumihardjo Jacob P JP Chin Marshall H MH

Journal of general internal medicine 20230302 Suppl 1

<h4>Background</h4>Global budgets might incentivize healthcare systems to develop population health programs to prevent costly hospitalizations. In response to Maryland's all-payer global budget financing system, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Western Maryland developed an outpatient care management center called the Center for Clinical Resources (CCR) to support high-risk patients with chronic disease.<h4>Objective</h4>Evaluate the impact of the CCR on patient-reported, clinical ...[more]

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Improving Diabetes Care Through Population Health Innovations and Payments: Lessons from Western Maryland.

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Objective

Design

Participants

Interventions

Main measures

Key results

Conclusions

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Improving Diabetes Care Through Population Health Innovations and Payments: Lessons from Western Maryland.

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