Medicare and Medicaid

Research on medicare and medicaid published by scientists at Pennsylvania State University

Published in Blood Weekly, December 25th, 2008

"The purpose of this study was to determine whether multidisciplinary team-based care guided by the chronic care model can reduce medical payments and improve quality for Medicaid enrollees with diabetes. This study was a difference-in-differences analysis comparing Medicaid patients with diabetes who received team-based care versus those who did not," researchers in the United States report.

"Team-based care was provided to patients treated at CareSouth, a multisite rural federally qualified community health center located in South Carolina. Control patients were matched to team care patients using propensity score techniques. Financial outcomes compared Medicaid (and...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-12-25)

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