Evaluation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) as a Permanent Program and of a For-Profit Demonstration

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Title
Evaluation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) as a Permanent Program and of a For-Profit Demonstration
Project Officer(s)
Fred Thomas
Start Date
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Task Order (RADSTO)
Description
This project is an evaluation of the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) as a permanent Medicare program and as a State option under Medicaid. The project evaluates PACE in terms of site attributes, patient characteristics, and utilization data statistically analyzed across sample sites and compared to the prior demonstration data and other comparable populations. This project expands on the foundations laid in the previous evaluations of PACE by predicting costs beyond the first year of enrollment and assessing the impact of higher end-of-life costs and long-term nursing home care.
Funding
$2,469,794.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Valerie Cheh
Project Number
500-00-0033/0001
Status
Evaluation work on permanent PACE is complete and the Report to Congress was authorized and published in January, 2009 by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Report to Congress is available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/Downloads/Report%20to%20Congress.pdf. Supporting reports include: "The Effect of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) on Quality" (available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/reports/downloads/Beauchamp_2008.pdf) and "The Effects of PACE on Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures" (available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/reports/downloads/Foster_PACE_2009.pdf). The BBA mandated report on the for-profit PACE demonstration is not feasible as of December 31, 2009 because the two for-profit demonstration sites have not existed long enough to be evaluated. A supplemental report on a community-based practice model named, "How Integrated Care Programs Use Community-Based, Primary Care Physicians" has been completed and is available on the Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/reports/downloads/cheh.pdf.
Awardee Address

600 Alexander Park, P.O. Box 2393
Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
Estados Unidos

Awardee Name
Mathematica Policy Research, (Princeton)