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Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans.

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Wong, CA; Kan, K; Cidav, Z; Nathenson, R; Polsky, D
Published in: Pediatrics
April 2017

OBJECTIVES: To describe and compare pediatric and adult specialty physician networks in marketplace plans. METHODS: Data on physician networks, including physician specialty and address, in all 2014 individual marketplace silver plans were aggregated. Networks were quantified as the fraction of providers in the underlying rating area within a state that participated in the network. Narrow networks included none available networks (ie, no providers available in the underlying area) and limited networks (ie, included <10% of the available providers in the underlying area). Proportions of narrow networks between pediatric and adult specialty providers were compared. RESULTS: Among the 1836 unique silver plan networks, the proportions of narrow networks were greater for pediatric (65.9%) than adult specialty (34.9%) networks (P < .001 for all specialties). Specialties with the highest proportion of narrow networks for children were infectious disease (77.4%) and nephrology (74.0%), and they were highest for adults in psychiatry (49.8%) and endocrinology (40.8%). A larger proportion of pediatric networks (43.8%) had no available specialists in the underlying area when compared with adult networks (10.4%) (P < .001 for all specialties). Among networks with available specialists in the underlying area, a higher proportion of pediatric (39.3%) than adult (27.3%) specialist networks were limited (P < .001 except psychiatry). CONCLUSIONS: Narrow networks were more prevalent among pediatric than adult specialists, because of both the sparseness of pediatric specialists and their exclusion from networks. Understanding narrow networks and marketplace network adequacy standards is a necessary beginning to monitor access to care for children and families.

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Pediatrics

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1098-4275

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

139

Issue

4

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Physicians
  • Pediatrics
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Insurance Exchanges
  • Child
  • Adult
  • 52 Psychology
 

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Wong, C. A., Kan, K., Cidav, Z., Nathenson, R., & Polsky, D. (2017). Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans. Pediatrics, 139(4). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3117
Wong, Charlene A., Kristin Kan, Zuleyha Cidav, Robert Nathenson, and Daniel Polsky. “Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans.Pediatrics 139, no. 4 (April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3117.
Wong CA, Kan K, Cidav Z, Nathenson R, Polsky D. Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr;139(4).
Wong, Charlene A., et al. “Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans.Pediatrics, vol. 139, no. 4, Apr. 2017. Pubmed, doi:10.1542/peds.2016-3117.
Wong CA, Kan K, Cidav Z, Nathenson R, Polsky D. Pediatric and Adult Physician Networks in Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plans. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr;139(4).

Published In

Pediatrics

DOI

EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

139

Issue

4

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Physicians
  • Pediatrics
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Insurance Exchanges
  • Child
  • Adult
  • 52 Psychology