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. This increase has been concentrated in the Medicaid caseload nationwide. One of the most striking changes in Medicaid has … been the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to Medicaid managed care (MMC), which had taken place in 80 …% of states by 2016. Using Medicaid claims from South Carolina, we show that this change contributed to the increase in …
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indigent patients through Medicaid and providing hospitals with supplemental payments through programs such as Medicaid …
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Exploiting random assignment of Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care plans, we identify plan-specific effects on …
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This paper investigates the impact of Medicare HMO penetration on the medical care expenditures incurred by Medicare fee-for-service enrollees. We find that increasing penetration leads to reduced health care spending on fee-for-service beneficiaries. In particular, a one percentage point...
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This study examined the effects of education, income, and wealth on medical care expenditures in two Medicare managed care plans. The study also sought to elucidate the pathways through which socioeconomic status (SES) affects expenditures, including preferences for health and medical care and...
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The objective of this study is to estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. We use discharge data from the State of California for the period 1989-1993. The outcome variables are the risk-adjusted hospital...
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million Medicaid recipients. Identifying the causal effect of HMO enrollment on government spending and health care quality is … required most Medicaid recipients to enroll in a managed care plan. The empirical results demonstrate that the resulting switch …
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In this study, we examine the effects of Medicaid managed care (MMC) on prenatal care utilization and infant health. We …, and we conclude that Medicaid managed care had virtually no causal effect on, prenatal care use, birth outcomes, and …
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We use data from the National Health Interview Surveys to measure the effects of the growth of Medicaid managed care on … children. We examine both the probability that individual children were Medicaid-covered and their utilization of care. We find … that managed care penetration has significant effects on the composition of the Medicaid caseload. Poor white and Hispanic …
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the early 1980s, now provides a return that is close to zero. Medicaid appears to reimburse less than average variable …
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