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Examining the Effects of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations' Entries and Exits for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders

Award Number: R01DA059485
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Examining the Effects of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations' Entries and Exits for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders - Project summary Medicaid is an important source of health insurance for people with substance use disorder (SUD), currently covering approximately one in ﬁve adults with SUD. States have increasingly contracted with Managed Care Or- ganizations (MCOs) to administer services for their Medicaid population. They have also increasingly included, or carved in, behavioral health services into MCO plans. As a result of these trends, 31 states and Puerto Rico now enroll their Medicaid SUD population through MCOs. States determine, through a competitive procurement process, whether to renew or to end contracts with MCOs operating in their state, and whether to contract with new MCOs. Such MCO transitions may improve access and quality of care for Medicaid enrollees with SUD, but they may also lead to service disruptions that can negatively affect uptake and continuity of care for this vul- nerable population. Despite the importance of the MCO contracting process, little is known whether states are successful in removing low-performing MCOs and selecting high-performing MCOs through the procurement process, and what kind of state and MCO characteristics determine a successful procurement outcome. In this application, we propose a mixed-methods study to examine the effects of MCOs entries and exits as a result of the procurement process, and to explore factors at the state and MCO level that contribute to high- performing MCOs being selected to operate in a state and low-performing MCOs being removed from a state's Medicaid market. We will use the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files (TAF), a national Medicaid data ﬁle, and collect information about the procurement process, MCO contracts, and per- formance requirements through semi-structured interviews of experts and leaders from states' Medicaid agen- cies and MCOs. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we will investigate the effects of MCO transitions on provider networks (Aim 1) and quality of care as well as health care utilization (Aim 2). Our Aim 3 mixed- methods analysis will bring together quantitative results with qualitative ﬁndings of MCO and state character- istics to identify factors that can explain a more or less successful procurement process outcome. This policy- relevant work will provide comprehensive evidence into how state Medicaid agencies can design their MCO pro- curement and monitoring process to improve health care delivery for Medicaid enrollees with SUD.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $689,230 )
2025	2025	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	2	4/11/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$68,923
2025	2025	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	3/19/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$620,307
														Subtotal = $689,230

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $700,633 )
2024	2024	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	1	8/20/2024	NEW	$0
2024	2024	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	6/6/2024	NEW	$700,633
														Subtotal = $700,633

Grand Total All Awards = $1,389,863

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Examining the Effects of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations' Entries and Exits for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders

Award Number: R01DA059485

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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