ACA网络监管文件不准确,与提供商目录不匹配
1College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 250 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210.
The American journal of managed care
|September 18, 2025
概括
心理健康服务的保险网络充足性规定往往是不准确的. 一项秘密购物者研究发现,提供者目录中存在重大差异,导致过高估计的护理机会.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 心理健康政策 心理健康政策
- 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健
背景情况:
- 获得心理健康服务是一个重大挑战,现有的网络充足性法规的影响尚不清楚.
- 目前的法规要求保险公司提交网络充足性合规性文件,但其准确性在很大程度上未经验证.
研究的目的:
- 评估心理健康服务监管文件和提供者目录列表的准确性.
- 评估在宾夕法尼亚州可负担医疗法案 (ACA) 市场内精神卫生服务提供者的预约可用性和等待时间.
主要方法:
- 进行了秘密购物者调查,以验证监管文件与供应商目录信息和预约可用性.
- 该研究分析了宾夕法尼亚州ACA市场所有运营商8306名心理健康顾问2024年计划年度的数据.
- 用描述性分析,比例测试和t测试来比较运营商和提供商的专业.
主要成果:
- 近20%的提交的心理健康提供者列表不在目录中,只有35.3%的目录条目完全匹配.
- 65.2%的经过验证的供应商列表包含不准确的信息,最常见的是错误的电话号码 (56.6%).
- 只有14.9%的提供者可以预约,平均等待时间为33.2天.
结论:
- 基于监管文件和消费者目录的网络充足性评估高估了心理健康提供者的可用性.
- 提供者数据中的重大不准确性和长时间的预约等待时间凸显了心理健康服务获取的关键差距.
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