Supporting Primary Care for Medically and Socially Complex Patients in Medicaid Managed Care
MassHealth's 2023 reform invests in primary care. This cross-sectional study developed a risk model that can adjust primary care payments to patient needs. Neither age and sex adjustments nor inflated historical payments would provide adequate resources to primary care practices caring for the most complex patients.
Authors
- Frances E. Eanet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-6228)
- Randall P. Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2176-5347)
- Matthew Alcusky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-721X)
- Arlene S. Ash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-0253)
- Eric Mick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-8145)
- Meagan J. Sabatino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7579-0471)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.58170
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63