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How does being part of a pediatric accountable care organization impact health service use for children with disabilities?


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of a Medicaid-serving pediatric accountable care organization (ACO) on health service use by children who qualify for Medicaid by virtue of a disability under the "aged, blind, and disabled" (ABD) eligibility criteria. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:We evaluated a 2013 Ohio policy change that effectively moved ABD Medicaid children into an ACO model of care using Ohio Medicaid administrative claims data for years 2011-2016. STUDY DESIGN:We used a difference-in-difference design to examine changes in patterns of health care service use by ABD-enrolled children before and after enrolling in an ACO compared with ABD-enrolled children enrolled in non-ACO managed care plans. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS:We identified 17 356 children who resided in 34 of 88 counties as the ACO "intervention" group and 47 026 ABD-enrolled children who resided outside of the ACO region as non-ACO controls. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Being part of the ACO increased adolescent preventative service and decreased use of ADHD medications as compared to similar children in non-ACO capitated managed care plans. Relative home health service use decreased for children in the ACO. CONCLUSIONS:Our overall results indicate that being part of an ACO may improve quality in certain areas, such as adolescent well-child visits, though there may be room for improvement in other areas considered important by patients and their families such as home health service.

SUBMITTER: Song PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736906 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How does being part of a pediatric accountable care organization impact health service use for children with disabilities?

Song Paula H PH   Xu Wendy Yi WY   Chisolm Deena J DJ   Alexy Emily R ER   Ferrari Renée M RM   Hilligoss Brian B   Domino Marisa Elena ME  

Health services research 20190806 5


<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the impact of a Medicaid-serving pediatric accountable care organization (ACO) on health service use by children who qualify for Medicaid by virtue of a disability under the "aged, blind, and disabled" (ABD) eligibility criteria.<h4>Data sources/study setting</h4>We evaluated a 2013 Ohio policy change that effectively moved ABD Medicaid children into an ACO model of care using Ohio Medicaid administrative claims data for years 2011-2016.<h4>Study design</h4>We used a  ...[more]

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