thursday, december 6, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Health Reform and Criminal Justice:Addressing Health Disparities

Among the Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Jails

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice and Health Status

and How They are Reflected by Health Reform


Vision. The Forum strives to prepare the health system in the United States to provide optimal health care for a diverse society.

• Introduce the National Minority Quality Forum• Structure of the Existing Market• Health Care Reform and The Emerging Market

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The Forum has developed a comprehensive database comprised of over 800 million patient records to define disease prevalence, costs, and outcomes at the zip code level.

Our database is used to inform, support, and catalyze advocacy, educational, marketing, and public relations activities

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The Value Proposition

Adults' Health Insurance Coverage by Race and Ethnicity,

2010

73%

44%

50%

68%

45%

59%

11%

15%

22%

10%

20%

18%

16%

42%

28%

23%

35%

23%

Private Medicaid/ Public Uninsured

28.7 M

122.4 M

22.6 M

9.7 M

1.2 M

Number

2.2 M

Black

Multiracial

White

Hispanic

Am. Indian

Asian

NOTES: American Indian category includes Aleutian Eskimos. Adults includes all individuals aged 19 to 64. Asian includes South Pacific Islander. Data may not total 100% due to rounding.SOURCE: KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2011 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.

National Health Index

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

White Black Hispanic Other

20022005

2009

US Medical Expenditures By Race/Ethnicity

Health Care Reform and the Emerging Market

35Million

25 Million

17Million

16Million

Approx. 35 million Americans Will Now Have Health Insurance

More than 25 million non-elderly Americans with a pre-existing condition will now have coverage

Approx. 17 million will have health insurance through state run health exchanges

Approx. 16 million will have health insurance through expanded Medicaid

Market Size

• Most new consumers will reside in a limited number of zip codes

• 43% of new consumers will be minority

• 70% of minorities reside in 4,500 out of 38,000 zip codes.

• These minority consumers will be served by approximately 500 minority servicing hospitals and 40,000 minority servicing primary care physicians

Market Dynamics

50% uninsured population reside in 8 states; 80% in 22 states

Source:

The Emerging MarketCurrently Uninsured

Expanded MedicaidHealth Exchange

Source:

Emerging Market Segmentation

National Health IndexSupport Clinical Research

Panel 1:Can Medicaid Expansion

Mitigate Health Disparities in the Criminal Justice Population?


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Access – Medicaid and Health Insurance ExchangesAbsolute insurance rates are expected to increase by:

• 18% for Hispanics • 15% for Blacks• 10% for Asians/other • 9% for Whites

Opportunities for the PPACA to Rectify Disparities

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Health Insurance Exchange Projected Enrollees by Race Compared to General Population

23% of exchange enrollees will speak a language other than English at home

Race % General Population

% Projected Exchange Enrollees

White 69 58Non-white 31 42• Hispanic 12 25• Black 12 11• Other 7 6


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Overlap Between Expansion and Jail Populations• Age and Gender

o Data suggest that low-income childless adults are more likely to be male and to be under age 35

• Race/ethnicityo Racial and ethnic minority groups are projected to be

overrepresented in the newly eligible population• Employment

o Almost half of the newly eligible population is expected to be unemployed (compared to below 10 percent of the general population)


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Washington state found that 30 percent of very low-income childless adults (up to 38 percent of FPL) have recent jail involvement. Although comparable data are not available for childless adults at higher income levels up to 133 percent of FPL, Washington’s finding suggests that the jail-involved subset of the expansion population warrants attention by state and local policymakers.


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Arrests Decline Significantly After Drug/Alcohol Treatment


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• Inmate Exception

• Mental Health Parity

• Enrollment Mechanisms


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Inmate Exception• The PPACA states that individuals who are held pre-trial

are eligible to enroll in, or to continue to receive benefits through, a state health insurance exchange

• The PPACA does not specify whether Medicaid enrollees are eligible to receive Medicaid benefits while in pretrial incarceration

• Regardless, Medicaid-eligible individuals can be enrolled into Medicaid while incarcerated, making it easier for them to maintain continuity of care upon release


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Mental Health Parity

• Parity laws require health insurance plans to treat mental disorders with the same coverage limits as any other disease or health concern

• Prior to the PPACA, plans were not required to offer mental health or substance abuse services, but if they did, the services were required to be on par with other medical services


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Mental Health Parity• The PPACA contains a number of provisions that extend

the reach of existing federal mental health parity requirements:

o Beginning in 2014, mental health and substance use disorder services must be covered by all insurance policies through the Exchanges and Medicaid

o Pre-existing conditions apply to all mental health diagnoses, so an individual can no longer be denied coverage for an existing mental health condition


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Challenges to Enrollment and Provision of Services

• Jails lack staff capacity

• Fast turnover of jail inmates

• Appropriate identification

• No information on billing/receiving exchange benefits


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Enrollment mechanismsStates are required to create a “no wrong door” system, supported by a website that allows for enrollment and reenrollment, ensuring that individuals seeking coverage are screened for all health subsidy programs and processed through to enrollment without requiring additional application forms or multiple eligibility determinations

ChallengeHistorically, providers have not been eager to treat this population given the high concentration of chronic conditions and low insurance rates


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Panel 2Case Study:

The California Experience


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The Bridge to ReformOn June 3, 2010, California submitted a 1115 Medicaid Demonstration waiver, dubbed the “Bridge to Reform” in response to the Affordable Care Act

• The waiver allows counties in the state to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income uninsured, non-pregnant adults with Federal matching funds

California’s uninsurance rate (7 million) is projected to decrease by more than half by 2016

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California’s Bridge to ReformClosing the Gaps with the Affordable Care Act

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UninsuranceThe state has extended coverage to low-income adults through the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) that is provided at the option of each county to:

• Medicaid Coverage Expansion (MCE) adults: non-pregnant adults between ages 19 and 64 who have family incomes at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)

• Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI) adults: non-pregnant adults between ages 19 and 64 with family incomes between 133% and 200% FPL

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Insurance Coverage and Quality Improvement RequirementsThe waiver funds public hospitals to achieve population-focused improvement

• Included are low-income populations with chronic conditions, including mental health, and substance abuse — conditions also common in the criminal justice population

Enrollees must be assigned to a medical home

• Medical homes enable providers to develop the expertise and provider teams needed to serve challenging populations like those involved in the criminal justice system

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ImpactMedicaid expansion in CA will enroll populations that have had historically low access to mental health/substance abuse services

In addition to potentially preventing mental health-related interactions with the criminal justice system, Medi-Cal expansion can also provide newly-released prisoners with medical treatment, which could be crucial to reducing recidivism

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California’s RealignmentAB-109

• The law, effective October 2011, mandates individuals sentenced to non-serious, non-violent, non-sexual offenses will serve their sentences in county jails instead of state prison

• Many low-level offenders are being placed under community supervision rather than serving jail time in order to make room for higher-level offenders that historically would have gone to prison

• As a result, there are increased opportunities for offenders to access health care in the community

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Los Angeles County’s Low-Income Health Program: Healthy Way LA

• As of August 2012, 204,878 low-income residents were enrolled in Healthy Way LA

• The estimated ACA-eligible population in Los Angeles County is 637,000

• Approximately 430,000 residents are eligible and NOT enrolled

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Health Care Reform and Corrections Realignment to

Counties

The Solano County, California

Experience

* Jail Profile Snapshot Race, Sex and Age of Jail

Population TodayWednesday December 4th, 2012

43%

16%

35%

6%

Black HispanicWhite Other

2%

9%

52%

38%

60 + 50-5930-49 18-29

0100200300400500600700800900

810

129

Male Female

Jail Population TrendOctober 1st, 2011 – December 4th, 2012

650

700

750

800

850

900

950

1000

939

There is HOPE!!!

County Medical Services Program• 35 out of the 58 California Counties pool their

dollars to provide care for indigent adult population• 40k California Indigent residents utilize this service• Revenue source County General Fund, Vehicle

License Fee, and Sales Tax• Initially used for catastrophic care, ER visits• Solano County big champion of managed care

done right can lower costs & deliver quality services

• Proved it with a piloted a managed care program- County Operated Health System- Results

• Lowered Costs, client satisfaction , provider satisfaction, staff satisfaction above 90%

• Now Managed care for all 35 Counties

There are Ways to Lower County Costs for Jail Inmates

• 1115 Medicaid Waiver- Implementing Health Care Reform for indigent adults

• Medicaid rules say you cannot draw down federal dollars if you have a person incarcerated… technically behind the “walls of a jail or prison.”

• Lower your costs by providing health services outside of the “walls of a prison or jail”

• If you integrate your health care with psychiatric care, you can minimize appointments and tie the care to the whole person.

The Solano Plan for Reducing Recidivism• In and out of custody service- Continuum of care• Use Evidence-Based Programs/ Evidence Informed• Appropriate MH (Cognitive Behavioral and

Evidence Base Substance Abuse Services• Day Reporting Center• Get them appropriate benefits- I’m bringing my

whole HSS arsenal to help.• Help clients get a new peer group-Funding a peer

network of successfully recovering individuals to be the connection and fall back when things are starting to look bleak

• Employment Services• Partnership and Trust• We are in this together- Don’t let a partner hang

out there.• Don’t overpromise – Single digit improvements to

recidivism reduces crime significantly

Impediments• Lack of split sentences• No room for services in the jail• Fear of elected Judges and District

Attorney to release prisoners• Unsure if these elements will work

despite evidence that shows it does• Lock em up mentality- Feels good but

doesn’t help

Panel 3Experiences From Other Early

Adopter States


Panel 4Envisioning the Future


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