Improve Health Care access through Integrated Care Practices
The goals of this project have been to: 1) examine the differential health care utilization outcomes of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who receive Medicaid Managed Care through the Integrated Care Program (ICP) versus those receiving Fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid; 2) assess the impact of the ICP on healthcare appraisal, health status, activities of daily living, and community participation of people with I/DD; and 3) develop and validate a healthcare appraisal assessment tool for people with I/DD.
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NIDILRR
Grant # 90RT5020
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Gibbons, H. M., Owen, R., & Heller, T. (2016). Perceptions of Health and Healthcare of People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(2), 94-105. doi:10.1352/1934-9556-54.2.94
Yamaki, K., Wing, C., Mitchell, D., Owen, R. & Heller, T. (2018). Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Illinois’ acute health expenditure for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 56(2): 133-146. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-56.2.101
Xiang, X., Owen, R., Langi, F. L. F. G., Yamaki, K., Mitchell, D., Heller, T., Karmarkar, A., et al. (2019). Impacts of an Integrated Medicaid Managed Care Program for adults with behavioral health conditions: The experience of Illinois. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46(1), 44-53. doi: 10.1007/s10488-018-0892-8
Bowers, A., Owen R., & Heller, T. (2019). Managed care experiences of Medicaid enrollees with disabilities: A qualitative analysis of consumer survey responses. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30(3), 968-985. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0068
Yamaki, K., Wing, C., Mitchell, D., Owen, R. & Heller, T. (2019) Health service use and its state costs among aging adults with early-acquired physical disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care. Journal of Aging and Health, 31(10_suppl), 975-1235. doi: 10.1177/0898264318808192.
Crabb, C., Owen, R., Stober, K, and Heller, T. (2020). Longitudinal appraisals of family caregiving for people with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(16), 2287-2294. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1557266.
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Principal investigator
Tamar Heller, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences