Risk adjustment in the Hoosier Assurance Plan: impact on providers

• Published in: The journal of behavioral health services & research Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 301 - 318
• Main Authors: DeLiberty, R N, Newman, F L, Ward, E O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.08.2001
• Subjects: Adjustment; Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Adults; Adverse selection; Age Factors; Algorithms; Capitation; Child; Children; Children & youth; Chronic Disease; Community Mental Health Services - economics; Community Mental Health Services - utilization; Consumers; Costs; Diagnosis-Related Groups; Emotional disorders; Female; Humans; Indiana; Male; Managed care; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - economics; Mental Disorders - therapy; Mental health; Mental health care; Mental health services; Needs Assessment - standards; Needs Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Performance indicators; Quantitative psychology; Risk; Risk adjustment; Risk Adjustment - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Statistical analysis; Studies; Substance-Related Disorders - economics; Teenagers; USA; Indiana; United States > US; USA, Indiana

The Indiana Division of Mental Health designed a method for developing risk-adjusted case rates built on multidimensional assessment instruments that identified a consumer's level of need. An algorithm was developed sorting consumers within each of three target populations (adults with serious...