RevCycle Intelligence October 10, 2023
Under New York state’s Medicaid value-based payment program, patients with depression saw an increase of 0.91 behavioral visits.
Medicaid value-based payment reform was associated with an increase in behavioral health visits for patients with mental health conditions, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
As of 2020, 12 states, including New York, were pursuing joint state-federal Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) contracts to incorporate value-based payment into their Medicaid programs.
Historically, Medicaid beneficiaries with mental health diagnoses experience worse health outcomes than the general Medicaid population. New York’s DSRIP program included 25 provider networks and each was required to implement at least one value-based payment program for behavioral health services.
Researchers analyzed New York state Medicaid fee-for-service claims...
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