Use of chronic care management service among Medicare beneficiaries in 2015-2019.
Delivery of Health Care
Medicare
chronic care management
chronic disease
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
ISSN: 1532-5415
Titre abrégé: J Am Geriatr Soc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7503062
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Jul 2024
09 Jul 2024
Historique:
revised:
10
05
2024
received:
06
10
2023
accepted:
01
06
2024
medline:
9
7
2024
pubmed:
9
7
2024
entrez:
9
7
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced chronic care management (CCM) services in 2015 for patients with multiple chronic diseases. Few studies examine the utilization of CCM services by geographic region, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics. We used 2014-2019 Medicare claims data from a 5% random sample of fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or over. We included beneficiaries potentially eligible for CCM services because they had multiple chronic conditions (1,073,729 in 2015 and 1,130,523 in 2019). We calculated the proportion of potentially eligible beneficiaries receiving CCM service each year for the total population and by geographic region, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics. The proportion of beneficiaries with two or more chronic conditions receiving CCM services increased from 1.1% in 2015 to 3.4% in 2019. The increase in CCM use was higher in the southern region, among dually eligible beneficiaries and beneficiaries with a greater burden of chronic conditions (2-5 conditions vs ≥10 conditions: 0.7% vs 2.0% in 2015; 2.1% vs 7.0% in 2019) and frailty (robust vs severely frail: 0.6% vs 3.3% in 2015; 1.9% vs 9.4% in 2019). Nearly one out of five recipients did not continue CCM service after the initial service. We found that CCM service is being used by a very small fraction of eligible patients. Barriers and facilitators to more effective CCM adoption should be identified and incorporated into strategies that encourage more widespread use of this Medicare benefit.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced chronic care management (CCM) services in 2015 for patients with multiple chronic diseases. Few studies examine the utilization of CCM services by geographic region, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics.
METHODS
METHODS
We used 2014-2019 Medicare claims data from a 5% random sample of fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or over. We included beneficiaries potentially eligible for CCM services because they had multiple chronic conditions (1,073,729 in 2015 and 1,130,523 in 2019). We calculated the proportion of potentially eligible beneficiaries receiving CCM service each year for the total population and by geographic region, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The proportion of beneficiaries with two or more chronic conditions receiving CCM services increased from 1.1% in 2015 to 3.4% in 2019. The increase in CCM use was higher in the southern region, among dually eligible beneficiaries and beneficiaries with a greater burden of chronic conditions (2-5 conditions vs ≥10 conditions: 0.7% vs 2.0% in 2015; 2.1% vs 7.0% in 2019) and frailty (robust vs severely frail: 0.6% vs 3.3% in 2015; 1.9% vs 9.4% in 2019). Nearly one out of five recipients did not continue CCM service after the initial service.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
We found that CCM service is being used by a very small fraction of eligible patients. Barriers and facilitators to more effective CCM adoption should be identified and incorporated into strategies that encourage more widespread use of this Medicare benefit.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : K24AG073527
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01AG071809-02S1
Pays : United States
Organisme : Korea Health Industry Development Institute
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Pays : Republic of Korea
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The American Geriatrics Society.
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