Open AccessTimely Postpartum Visits for Low-Income Women: A Health System and Medicaid Payer Partnership
Author(s) -
Elizabeth A. Howell,
Amy Balbierz,
Susan Beane,
Rashi Kumar,
Tom Wang,
Kezhen Fei,
Zainab Ahmed,
José A. Pagán
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2020.305689
Subject(s) - medicaid , general partnership , medicine , family medicine , payment , health care , low income , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , nursing , business , economic growth , socioeconomics , finance , sociology , economics
A health care system and a Medicaid payer partnered to develop an educational intervention and payment redesign program to improve timely postpartum visits for low-income, high-risk mothers in New York City between April 2015 and October 2016. The timely postpartum visit rate was higher for 363 mothers continuously enrolled in the program than for a control group matched by propensity score (67% [243/363] and 56% [407/726], respectively; P < .001). An innovative partnership between a health care system and Medicaid payer improved access to health care services and community resources for high-risk mothers.