Fierce Healthcare May 18, 2022
State cost growth benchmarking programs can leverage data collection to advance preventive services like primary and behavioral healthcare.
So argues the latest Manatt state cost containment update, now in its third iteration. States are increasingly interested in curbing cost growth and redirecting the way dollars are spent to services that support long-term population health, the report said.
“Communities with greater primary care availability have reported better patient outcomes as well as decreased utilization of more costly health service categories, such as inpatient hospitalizations and emergency department visits,” the report noted.
One way of prioritizing this is through benchmarking programs, which measure spending and redirect dollars to higher-value services.
A few have historically recognized the value of investing...