Managed Care is Dead. Long Live Managed Care A quick history and overview of America s private health insurance plans Jonathan P. Weiner, Dr. P.H. Professor or Health Policy & Management Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (jweiner@jhsph.edu)
At lightning speed, this primer session will: Provide a brief history and nuts-and-bolts overview of health insurance and managed care in the US. Highlight some reasons for and effects of the recent Managed Care Backlash. Help provide a context for understanding health care reform proposals presented at this conference. All slides copyright the Johns Hopkins University - 2008 2
Of course its all about the money -- US health care spending: 1962-2008 2500 2000 Dollars (billions) 1500 1000 500 0 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1998 2000 2008 Source: HCFA, CMS Year 3
Health spending vs GDP in OECD nations: The US is the outlier Per capita health Spending ($PPP)* 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 *Purchasing power parity Turkey Source: OECD in Figures, 2006, 2007 Czech Republic Slovak Republic Poland Mexico Australia Austria France Germany Greece Korea Hungary Belgium Switzerland Italy New Zealand Portugal Finland Spain Japan Norway Ireland United States Netherlands Iceland Canada Sweden United Kingdom 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Per capita GDP (thousands $PPP)* Luxembourg Denmark 4
Alternative approaches for financing / organizing health care Government employed providers Government social insurance Mandatory buy-in Entitlement for special populations As benefit of employment Insurance Direct care or access to contract providers Union/worker collectives Privately purchased health insurance Out of pocket / private pay Charity care 5
Proportion of Americans with health insurance: 1940-2008 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 6 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1990 1995 2000 2008 Year % Insured
US Health Insurance: Some Historical Highlights 1930 s -- Blue-Cross/ Blue Shield and Hospital Association. 1930 s Prepaid-Group Practices (PGPs) and Union/Employers 1950 s Commercial insurers get into the act 1960 s -- Federal great society Medicare and Medicaid 1970 s - The Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Act (the unholy alliance of AMA sponsored IPAs and union friendly PGPs) 7
Why Employers Got Involved In Health Care in the US 8 Healthy employees are productive employees European immigrant / union expectations Tax advantage Attracts good employees Employers filled the vacuum in the 1930-50 s, (now stuck in this role).
Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S., 2006 Uninsured 16% Employer- Sponsored Insurance 54% Medicaid/ Other Public 12% Medicare 14% Total = 296.1 million Private Non- Group 5% SOURCE: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured/Urban Institute analysis of March 2007 CPS. 9
Most Americans get health insurance privately, but the public sector bankrolls almost half of all care (% Distribution of Personal Health Expenditures by Payer, 1980-2006) 70% 60% 59.9 60.8 61.1 59.5 58.2 57.0 55.6 Private Funds 55.2 55.1 55.6 57.0 57.4 57.3 56.3 56.1 56.0 55.6 55.3 54.7 50% 40% 30% 40.1 39.2 38.9 40.5 41.8 43.0 44.4 44.8 44.9 44.4 43.0 42.6 Public Funds 42.7 43.7 43.9 44.0 44.4 44.7 45.3 20% 10% 0% 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, 10
The Most Important Chart in this Presentation: (Private Health Insurance Premiums, Worker s Earnings and General Inflation, 1988-2007) 20% 18% 16% 14% 18.0% 14.0% Health Insurance Premiums Workers' Earnings Overall Inflation 13.9% 12.9%* 12% 12.0% 11.2%* 10.9%* 10% 9.2%* 8% 8.5% 7.7%* 8.2%* 6.1%* 6% 5.3%* 4% 3.7% 2% 0% 0.8% 2.6% 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007. Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2007; 11
The Rise and Fall of Managed Care is Embodied in this Trend Line In the late 1980 s the bankrollers of the system said enough was enough, and the era of managed care was born. HMOs and their techniques served as the model. 12
Managed Care Organization's Approximate Share of the Health Insurance Market in 1988 & 2008 13 1988 2008 MCO 25% FFS 15% FFS 75% MCO 85% FFS 75% MCO 25% FFS 15% MCO 85%
The US Health Insurance / Managed Care Models (and approx market share in 2008) Traditional Fee-for Service (Unmanaged) 15% (Mainly Medicare) Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and other loose managed care plans 47% (includes consumer defined health plans / high deductible health plans ) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) 38% (includes point of service open-hmo ) 14
The Key Ingredients of Managed Care 15 Care management aka, utilization/disease management Vertical integration / coordination of independent providers Financial risk sharing with providers and consumers
Types of health plans have shifted over the years (employer based plans) 1988 73% 16% 11% 1993 46% 21% 26% 7% 1996 27% 31% 28% 14% 1999 10% 28% 39% 24% 2000 2001 2002 2003 8% * 7% * 4% * 5% 29% 24% 27% 24% 42% 46% 52% 54% 21% 23% 18% 17% 2004 5% 25% 55% 15% 2005 * 3% 21% 61% 15% 2006 3% 20% 60% 13% 4% 2007 3% 21% 57% 13% 5% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% * Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2007; KPMG Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1993, 1996; The Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), 1988. Conventional HMO PPO POS-HMO CDHP/HDHP 16
Private managed care plans care for the majority of Medicaid / S-CHIP enrollees (Trends 90-04) Enrollment (in millions) 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 28.3 30.9 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.2 32.1 30.9 31.9 33.7 36.6 25.3 17.0 15.8 14.9 19.9 16.7 14.3 14.2 25.8 23.6 28.6 27.3 25.6 23.0 13.3 15.3 16.6 17.8 18.8 20.8 23.1 7.8 9.8 2.3 2.7 3.6 4.8 40.1 42.7 44.4 17.5 17.4 25.3 26.9 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Number Enrolled in Traditional Medicaid Programs Number Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care Source: KFF 17
18 Medicare s Private MCO ( Medicare Advantage ) Enrollment has Waxed and Waned 35% 30% 25% % of Beneficiaries in MCOs 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Source: CMS
The managed care backlash and public perceptions 19
US Consumer Perceptions 20
US Public s Perception on Regulation and Managed Care 21
Consumers Don t Really Understand Why Health Care Costs are Rising Percent who say each is a one of the single biggest factors in rising health care costs : Drug/insurance companies making too much money Too many medical malpractice suits 37% 50% Fraud and waste in the health care system Doctors/hospitals making too much money Administrative costs in handling insurance claims People getting treatments they don t really need People needing more care due to unhealthy lifestyles Use of expensive new drugs/treatments/technology The aging population 37% 36% 30% 30% 29% 28% 23% More people are getting better medical care 12% SOURCE: ABC News/KFF/USA Today Health Care in America Survey (conducted September 7-12, 2006) 22
The backlash has not had much impact on MD / MCO financial relations (Trends in Physician Contracting and Managed Care Revenue, 1996-2005) Physicians with No Managed Care Contracts Average Number of Managed Care Contracts Among Physicians with 1 Managed Care Contract Physicians with No Managed Care Revenue Revenue from Managed Care Among Physicians with 1% Managed Care Revenue (Mean) 1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2004-05 9.4% 8.6% 9.2% 11.5%* 12 13 13 13 5.7% 5.2% 5.8% 8.6%* 42% 45% 45% 44% *Change from 2000-2001 is statistically significant at p<.001. Source: Center for Studying Health System Change, Community Tracking Study 23
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27 The three decades of private health insurance: The solutions must be here somewhere?? FFS HMO MCO Open Access Consumer Driven HC Provider Dominance MCO Product Expansion We gotta try Something new Costs out of Control MC Backlash