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Study decomposes cost differences between HMOS and Indemnity care

Daniel Altman, David Cutler, Richard Zeckhauser “Enrollee mix, treatment intensity, and cost in competing indemnity and HMO plans” Journal of Health Economics 22 (2003) 23–45.

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Study decomposes cost differences between HMOS and Indemnity care

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  1. Daniel Altman, David Cutler, Richard Zeckhauser“Enrollee mix, treatment intensity, and cost incompeting indemnity and HMO plans”Journal of Health Economics 22 (2003) 23–45 • Study of why HMOs cost less than indemnity health plans.Setting:Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC) dataState employees and their dependents.One indemnity, ten HMOs.FY 1998For single coverage, in FY 1998 Indemnity premium was 77 percent higher than the highest HMO premium. WHY?

  2. Study decomposes cost differences between HMOS and Indemnity care Selection: healthier people enroll Intensity: HMOs offer lower intensity of treatment Pricing: HMOs negotiate lower prices Could be Interactions of these three (May also differ due to coverage differences –which services are covered. These differences are not significant in the MA GIC data.) Study uses a difference in difference approach

  3. Model Indexes j = index of conditions k = index of treatment P = index for plans i = index of patient demographic groups variables tk = treatment k dij = = fraction of people in demographic group i with condition j qPj= incidence of people with condition j in plan P

  4. tPijk = treatment k rate in plan P for demographic group i for condition j rPijk = reimbursement rate for treatment k in plan P for demographic group i for condition j XPj = average spending in plan P for condition j Key equation (1):

  5. Earlier paper

  6. This paper Data 1995 GIC data 215,000 enrollees under age 65. 3 types of plans Table 1 GIC plan premiums, enrollment, and benefit costs for fiscal year 1995 Plan group Premium (US$) Enrollment Benefit cost (US$) Indemnity 2670 67,789 2638 PPO 1631 25,077 1340 HMOs 1686 122,421 1226 Note: Enrollment and benefit costs include only individuals under age 65. Premiums and benefit costs represent means over entire plan groups.

  7. Table 2 Summary of medical conditions examined Condition Demographic universe Major treatments Claim identification Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) Live birth Cancers Breast Colon Cervix Prostate Diabetes (juvenile and adult-onset)

  8. Table 3 Demographic distributions of GIC enrollees by insurance plan group, FY1995 Age group Indemnity plan HMOs Males Females Males Females 0–19 9.00 8.65 12.68 16.28 20–34 6.26 7.15 9.76 12.03 35–49 12.51 16.13 14.59 16.43 50–64 15.47 19.80 6.77 7.28 All ages 45.78 54.22 47.99 52.01

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