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MAINE’S EXPERIENCE IN EXPANDING COVERAGE
The Commonwealth Fund’s State Innovations Program
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)--a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
February 1, 2008Trish Riley, Director
Governor’s Office of Health Policy and FinanceState of Maine
SETTING THE CONTEXT
● 2002 – 2003- “All Quiet on the Western Front”- No common discussion of cost
crises (e.g.: TODAY)- Commonwealth Fund Commission
on A High Performance Health System- McKinsey & Co. – “Accounting for
the Cost of Health Care in U.S.”
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THE CONTEXT FOR REFORM
THE U.S SPENDS MORE; GETS LESS
Need a more effective & efficient health system & healthier people
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Scores: Dimensions of a High Performance Health System
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71
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51
71
66
0 100
Long, Healthy, &Productive Lives
Quality
Access
Efficiency
Equity
OVERALL SCORE
SOURCE: Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2006
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…but Maine & the US Spend More Per Person Than Other Industrialized
Nations
Sources: Anderson GF, Frogner BK, Johns RA,, Reinhardt UE Health Care Spending And Use Of Information Technology In OECD Countries. Health Affairs 25(3), 820, for data on US and OECD nations. Maine figure estimated using data from the CMS Office of the Actuary. * UK amount is for 2002.
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KEY FACTSNew England states spend more than
the US average.2004 Per Capita Health Care Spending
Source: CMS 5
DIRIGO HEALTH REFORM
System Reform – Not just an insurance
product• Improve Quality• Lower Cost Growth• Invest in Access Expansion
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Need multiple strategies to cover uninsured and underinsured
Maine’s Uninsured> 300 % FPL 39,000 100-300% FPL 57,500< 100% FPL 29,000
Underinsured2004-2006 Sales of “most popular” product in individual market -- $15,000 deductible – rose
29% 7
Dirigo Health
DIRIGO CHOICEDIRIGO CHOICE
MAINECAREMAINECARE
COST CONTAIMENT/ IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH/ MAINE QUALITY FORUM
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Assure affordability for those in the market & uninsured > 300% FPL
< 300% FPL- Sliding scale subsidies
Low income – fully subsidized
3-Tiered Strategy
MAINE’S EXPERIENCE IN EXPANDING COVERAGE
The Commonwealth Fund’s State Innovations Program
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)--a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
February 1, 2008Karynlee Harrington, Executive Director
Dirigo Health Agency
DRAFT
Total Members Served, DC + Parents 28152
New DC Members (un/subidized) 93 (76/17)
HCTC Members 82
Total Enrolled DC Members 14405
New DC Small Groups 6
Total Enrolled DC Small Groups 713
Total Enrolled Parents 5,545
New Parents 0
CY 2007 Member / Employee Share of coverage cost $33,069,002.39 (46%)
CY 2007 Dirigo Share of coverage cost (subsidy) $39,475,325.93 (54%)
CY 2007 total coverage cost $72,544,328.32 (100%)
Annual Member Months 172,350 (106% to projected)
Annual Subsidy PMPM $229.04 (97% to projected)
Percentage DC Members un/underinsured 60.6%
Members by Employer TypeA
B
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BC
D
E
F
B
C
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Indi
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28%
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Individual
Small Group
Sole PropIndividual
Small Group
Sole Prop
Individual
Small Group
Sole Prop
Individual
Small Group
Sole Prop
Individual
Small Group
Sole Prop
B 5
1%
C 1
5%
D 1
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E 4
%F
18
%
Members by Discount Level
Dirigo Health Monthly Numbers December 2007Dirigo Health Agency 01/08/2008
Notes:
1. Total Members Served refers to the total number of members ever enrolled (beginning 01/01/2005) for any period of time in the DirigoChoice or MaineCare Parent Expansion programs2, Total New Members refers to the number of new members enrolled in the reporting month .3. Total Enrolled Members refers to the number of members currently enrolled in the reporting month .4. Annual subsidy PMPM is the average “per member per month” annual cost for the Agency in 2007.5. Un/underinsured % is through June, 2007. The Agency defines underinsured as having a deductible exceeding 5% of income where household income is under 200% of FPL. 9
LESSON 1
● Hard to make the case for cost crisis in 2003 ● Public understood “hidden tax of bad debt and
charity care” from un and underinsured
● Compromise weakened cost containment
Rejected
● Global budget for hospitals
● Assessment on insurers not passed onto payers 10
FINANCING / SUSTAINABILITY
• One time State funding• Medicaid• SOP → Capture savings & reinvest
- Hard to measure- Savings vs. cost avoidance
- Conflict – same funding source advocates for HRP
• 4 Year effort to stop SOP• Blue Ribbon Commission• Alternate funding included “pay or play” plan
& individual mandate plus reinsurance – rejected by Legislature
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WHAT HAS DIRIGO HEALTH REFORM ACHIEVED TO DATE• Enrolled over 23,000 participants and over 725 Small Businesses
in Dirigo Choice and over 5,000 Parents in MaineCare.• Strengthened the CON Process. • Strengthened Hospital Cooperation Act. • Required providers to submit claims electronically in a uniform
fashion.• Regulated premiums in the Small Group Market for the first time.• Hospitals, doctors and insurance companies now share their
financial information in new ways allowing for greater transparency, helping to inform the public on how health care dollars are spent.
• Introduced the State Health Plan, with a goal of making Maine the healthiest state and established new public health infrastructure.
• Documented over $111M in system savings.• Established Maine Quality Forum.
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LESSONS LEARNED / NEXT STEPS
● Enactment is the easy part● “Keep your friends close & your enemies closer”● System reform ala High Performing Health System – must
remain the focus● Voluntary approach required given high cost of health
insurance in Maine; mandates rejected – all eyes on MA & VT
● Next Steps- Individual market reform / sustainable Dirigo financing- Non-profit partner – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care- Annual Cost Driver Study and recommendations to
Legislature
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