Impact of New York State’s Health Home program on access to care among patients with diabetes

Author:

Mayer Victoria,Mijanovich Tod,Egorova Natalia,Flory James,Mushlin Alvin,Calvo Michele,Deshpande Richa,Siscovick David

Abstract

IntroductionAccess to care is essential for patients with diabetes to maintain health and prevent complications, and is important for health equity. New York State’s Health Homes (HHs) provide care management services to Medicaid-insured patients with chronic conditions, including diabetes, and aim to improve quality of care and outcomes. There is inconsistent evidence on the impact of HHs, and care management programs more broadly, on access to care.Research design and methodsUsing a cohort of patients with diabetes derived from electronic health records from the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network, we analyzed Medicaid data for HH enrollees and a matched comparison group of HH non-enrollees. We estimated HH impacts on several access measures using natural experiment methods.ResultsWe identified and matched 11 646 HH enrollees; patients were largely non-Hispanic Black (29.9%) and Hispanic (48.7%), and had high rates of dual eligibility (33.0%), Supplemental Security Income disability enrollment (49.1%), and multiple comorbidities. In the 12 months following HH enrollment, HH enrollees had one more month of Medicaid coverage (p<0.001) and 4.6 more outpatient visits than expected (p<0.001, evenly distributed between primary and specialty care). There were also positive impacts on the proportions of patients with follow-up visits within 7 days (4 percentage points (pp), p<0.001) and 30 days (6pp, p<0.001) after inpatient care, and on the proportion of patients with follow-up visits within 30 days after emergency department (ED) care (4pp, p<0.001). We did not find meaningful differences in continuity of care. We found small positive impacts on the proportion of patients with an inpatient visit and the proportion with an ED visit.ConclusionsNew York State’s HH program improved access to care for Medicaid recipients with diabetes. These findings have implications for New York State Medicaid as well as other providers and care management programs.

Funder

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

National Cancer Institute

Publisher

BMJ

Subject

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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