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Managed Care. Chapter 19 Dr. Tracey Lynn Koehlmoos. Defining Managed Care. Ill-defined, ill-applied and overused term. Patient utilization and provider practices are managed by an entity with a fiduciary interest in the interaction between the two. Back in the Old Days….
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Managed Care Chapter 19 Dr. Tracey Lynn Koehlmoos HSCI 678 Intro to US Healthcare System
Defining Managed Care • Ill-defined, ill-applied and overused term. • Patient utilization and provider practices are managed by an entity with a fiduciary interest in the interaction between the two.
Back in the Old Days… • Access to care increased 1960’s • Employers and Federal Govt--payors • Consumer’s choice of provider, unrestricted • Provider’s choice of services, FFS • Managed care (pre-paid healthcare) served a small segment of US population
Rise & Fall of Managed Care • HMO Act of 1973, Paul Ellwood • 1979 start of NCQA • 1980’s, Employers focus on wellness • 1996 HIPAA passed • By 1997, 8.1 million Americans in some form of managed care • 2000 HIPAA enacted • 2000 Death of Managed Care ?!?
Individual patient Acute Care Overservice Incentive for providers Unrestricted access to providers by the patient Population Disease Prevention/ Health Maintenance Underservice Incentive for Providers Barriers to providers/ Controls and restrictions FFS vs. Managed Care
Forces of Change • Sky-rocketing costs • Need to establish cost predictions • Societal need to account for expenditures • Optimal vs. maximal
Do you know your ABC’s? Continuum of Managed Care Managed Indemnity Service Plans PPOs POS Open Panel HMO Closed Panel Increasing Cost and Quality Control
Do you know your ABC’s? • Evaluate MCO’s based on: • Set up, Provider Payment, Enrollee Incentive • Cost Savings Mechanisms, Risk Assumption • Alphabet Soup of Managed Care: • HMO (staff model), HMO (group model) • IPA/Network, PPO, EPO • POS, PSO, • IDS (PHO, IPA, MSO)
Managed Care Today • 92% of Employer Sponsored Insurance in Managed Care, 2002 • 60% of Medicaid • Medicare+Choice Plans on the decline • POS fastest growing model • Mergers, bigger MCO’s • 11 HMOs capture 50% of enrollees
Managed Care Pros • 1990’s—slow of healthcare expenditures • < admissions, shorter LOS, < tests • Reliable Outcomes Measurements • Best Practice Guidelines • Reduce waste and redundancy • Promotes prevention and promotion • Chronic Disease Management
Managed Care Cons • Phys/Hospitals working to protect economic interests • Failure to arrest US health expenditures • Physician economic survival v. patient health • Potential “under service” due to short LOS • Lack of accountability for public health quality • Lack of developed and useful IS • Altered core function of insurer
Physician Controversy! • Gag Rules • Physician Autonomy • Physician Satisfaction
Enrollees’ Discontent! • Consumer Choice • Selection Bias • Turnover • Consumer Satisfaction
Quality and Regulation • Quality Research HMO = Indemnity • Should we leave MC to market forces? • Cost containment: Does MC work?
Conclusion • Are the cost savings days over for good? • Is Managed Care Dead or just evolving?