Medical Home For I/DD Consumers Reduced Health Care Costs By 8.7%

In a 15-month pilot program, a Woods Services patient-centered medical home (PCMH) for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) decreased the total cost of care by 8.7%. The pilot program was conducted from January 2018 to June 2019 with Keystone First, a Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plan. The decrease in the cost of care was due to a 39% decrease in inpatient hospitalization costs, and a 2.3% drop in emergency room costs.

Medical homes coordinate care through increased use of primary and preventive care. Through the model, Woods offers integrated high-quality primary and preventive . . .