Impact of the Medicare Improvements for Patients And Providers Act on Mental Health Service Utilization And Spending among Older Adults
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Description
Examines the impact of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) on outpatient mental healthcare utilization. Utilizes 2008-2017 Medicare claims and administrative data to analyze MIPPA in a pre-implementation phase as well as 4 post-implementation phases. Includes data on mental healthcare outpatient visits by age group, race, dual eligibility status, substance use disorder, comorbidities, and urban, large rural, small rural, or isolated rural location.
Author(s)
Matt Toth, Brent Gibbons, Abbie Levinson, et al.
Date
01/2025
Type
Document
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Access · Elderly population · Health conditions · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Mental health · Outpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data
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- HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details