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Estimating Cost Reductions Associated with the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH) March 8, 2017 Thomas Byrne, PhD Boston University School of Social Work BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

Estimating Cost Reductions Associated with the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH)

March 8, 2017 Thomas Byrne, PhD Boston University School of Social Work

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  • Sarah Dobbin, Emilia Dunham, Foster Kerrison and Scott Taberner from

MassHealth

  • Erin Donohue, Janice Harrington and Carol Kress from the Massachusetts

Behavioral Health Partnership

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN MASSACHUSETTS

  • Chronically homeless are a

minority of homeless population but are intensive service users

  • Persons experiencing chronic

homelessness account for ~20% of all single adults experiencing homelessness on a given night in MA

  • 54% reduction in chronic

homelessness since 2007 in MA

2,790 2,352 1,937 2,007 1,666 1,500 1,577 1,590 1,411 1,272 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of Chronically Homeless Individuals in Massachusetts

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

MOTIVATION FOR STUDY

  • Housing stability is a key social determinant of health
  • Adverse health effects of homelessness and barriers to accessing care

result high cost use of acute physical and behavioral health services

  • Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an effective intervention for ending

chronic homelessness

  • Prior research suggests that PSH can also lead to lower health care costs
  • CSPECH funds the supportive services component of PSH, with housing

delivered and funded separately

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

STUDY QUESTIONS

  • 1. Is receipt of CSPECH services associated with reductions in physical and

behavioral health costs?

  • 2. To what extent do physical and behavioral health care cost reductions

associated with CSPECH offset the cost of the program itself?

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

DATA

  • Study cohort includes all 1,301

persons who received CSPECH services between SFY2007 and SFY2013

– Cohort predominantly male (72%) & age 40-59 (67%)

  • MassHealth provided all claims

(fee-for-service and managed care encounter) from SFY2006 to SFY2013

Total health care costs

Inpatient

  • Medical
  • Behavioral

health

Outpatient

  • Medical
  • Behavioral

health

Long-term services and supports Pharmacy Other

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 1

  • Fixed effects regression
  • Used all 1,301 members of study cohort
  • Each person serves as their own control
  • Two models:

– Immediate change in health care costs after CSPECH initiation – Change in costs between 2-year periods pre/post CSPECH initiation

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 2

  • Difference-in-difference design
  • Used a subset (N = 415) of the study

cohort

  • Created CSPECH intervention &

comparison groups based on date of CSPECH initiation

  • Compared changes in health care

costs from 1-year pre/post for CSPECH group to corresponding changes in same time period to comparison group

  • Matched groups based on age, sex &

baseline health care costs

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

QUESTION 1 Is receipt of CSPECH services associated with reductions in physical and behavioral health costs?

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 1

* P <.05 Shaded gray area represents 95% confidence intervals.

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 1

* P <.05

Estimated Change in Average Monthly Per Person Health Care Costs in 2-year Period Following CSPECH Entry

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 2

Estimated Annual Per Person Reductions in Health Care Costs Associated With CSPECH Entry

* P <.05 Standardized cost estimates based on two-part regression models.

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN APPROACHES

  • Difference in members of cohort included
  • Reliance on within-person (approach 1) vs between-person (approach 2)

changes in costs

  • Use of 2-years pre/post (approach 1) vs 1-year pre/post (approach 2)
  • Despite differences, confidence intervals of each approach overlap

significantly

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

QUESTION 2 To what extent do physical and behavioral health care cost reductions associated with CSPECH offset the cost

  • f the program itself?
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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

NET COST OF CSPECH

$2,291 $7,013

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

IMPLICATIONS

  • Findings of health care cost reductions and net cost savings consistent with

prior studies

  • Especially important in context of a highly dynamic environment around

use of Medicaid funds in a manner that acknowledges importance of social determinants of health, like housing status

  • Accountable care organizations will be tasked with addressing social

determinants of health & using funds to address housing stability may yield cost reductions

  • Cost savings from CSPECH should be seen as a desirable collateral effect of

a logical and humane response to homelessness

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MARCH 2017 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID POLICY INSTITUTE & PINE STREET INN

ANALYTIC APPROACH 1

* P <.05 Shaded gray area represents 95% confidence intervals.