North Carolina Medicaid Saves $849 Million Between 2007 & 2010 By Enrolling Beneficiaries in Medical Homes

Between 2007 and 2010, the North Carolina Medicaid program has saved $894 million by enrolling beneficiaries in medical homes. The analysis compared expenditures for beneficiaries enrolled in medical homes to what they would have been if the beneficiaries received traditional medical care. The analysis was conducted for DHHS by Milliman Inc., and released as “Analysis of Community Care of North Carolina Cost Savings Due to Medicaid Medical Homes.” The analysis calculated risk-adjusted cost differences in four years of Medicaid claims data for three beneficiary groups, Aged, Blind, and Disabled (ABD), children under age 20 but not ABD; and non . . .