Early Results of Costs and Utilization, Virginia Coordinated Care Delivery System

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Early Results of Costs and Utilization, Virginia Coordinated Care Delivery System

Wally R. Smith, MD, Donna K. McClish, PhD, Patricia Carcaise-Edinboro, PhD, Gloria Bazzoli, PhD, Alton Hart, MD, MPH, Arline Bohannon, MD, Peter Boling, MD, Sheldon Retchin, MD, MPH, MSHA
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

AHRQ MD-10-012

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Background

• Uninsured:
  • Utilization patterns similar to Medicaid, underinsured:
    • Poor.
    • Lower social support.
    • Less transportation, education, delayed gratification.
    • May use emergency department (ED) rather than primary care provider (PCP).
• Health Care Reform:
  • Reduces the number of uninsured, underinsured:
    • Of the 46 million uninsured, estimated 32 million will soon be covered.
  • Expands Medicaid program to approximately 16 million newly insured.

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Do the Newly Insured Poor Change Utilization Patterns?

• Not in some studies of providing managed care insurance-like programs to uninsured.
• Barriers and Weaknesses of previous programs:
  • Short duration.
  • Dose of managed care variable:
    • Little case management.
    • Poor PCP (geographic or time) availability.
    • Few barriers to ED access.
    • Comorbidity mix unfavorable.

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Virginia Coordinated Care 2000-Present

• Patient-Centered Medical Home Insurance-like program for uninsured:
  • Uses managed care principles.
• All patients qualify for the Indigent care program supported by federal Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) and State General funds.
• Primary care provided by community PCP's funded by VCUHS profits from commercial plans.
• Fee-for-service (FFS) and Management fee paid to PCPs in urban communities surrounding VCU:
  • Catchment area within 30 miles of VCU.
• Patients given card with PCP's name.
• Case managers support, assist with Δ's.
• Enrollment files managed by Medicaid HMO owned by VCU Health System.

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Initial Evaluation of VCC

• Lower ED visit rates.
• Patients saw PCP.
• VCC off-loaded patients to community physicians.
• Community physicians happy with management fees.
• Case management dose small.
• Short-term evaluation only.

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VCC Preliminary Data

(January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003)

P <.001 for all comparisons.

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How Did VCC Enrollment, Costs, and Utilization Grow from 2003-2005?

• Utilization?
• Per Member Per Month (PMPM) Costs?
• Uptake by community PCP's?
• Relative costs?

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VCC Enrollment, Utilization, Costs FY03-FY05

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PMPM Costs by Svc Type

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* Missing ED data for Richmond Community Hospital FY03, all data for FY05 incomplete.

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Uptake of Primary Care, Specialty Care

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Uptake by Community Primary Care

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PMPM Costs by Place of Primary Care

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Conclusions-1

• There was a 12% annual increase, and a 25% increase overall, in VCC enrollment from FY 2003-2005.
• Simultaneously, community practitioner member months increased 28%.
• Per member per month costs rose slightly for pharmacy and ED, but were flat for inpatient and outpatient services.

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Conclusions-2

• Overall, the percentages of VCC pts seeking primary care slightly increased, but so did the percentage w all other visits. Specialty care utilization percentages dropped slightly.
• Uptake %'s by community primary care mirrored dropoff %'s by VCU primary care.
• Community primary care PMPM rose, but was more than offset by decreases in university primary care PMPM, leading to a decrease in PMPM for these segments combined. Specialty care PMPM remained flat.

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ED PMPM Details

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* Missing ED data for Richmond Community Hospital FY03, all data for FY05 incomplete.

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Hadley 2008 Spending Vs VCC 2005

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