Implementation Matters: Lessons From Iowa Medicaid's Healthy Behaviors Program: Iowa's Medicaid Health Behaviors Program provides incentives to enrollees to …

NM Askelson, B Wright, PJ Brady, YS Jung… - Health …, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
NM Askelson, B Wright, PJ Brady, YS Jung, ET Momany, B McInroy, P Damiano
Health Affairs, 2020healthaffairs.org
Iowa's Medicaid expansion includes the Healthy Behaviors Program (HBP), which
incentivizes enrollees to receive a wellness exam and complete a health risk assessment
annually to waive a monthly premium. We conducted a telephone survey with enrollees to
examine their awareness and understanding of the HBP, and we then merged the survey
data with claims data to examine factors associated with the completion of program
requirements. As found in previous research, awareness of the HBP remains low, with …
Iowa’s Medicaid expansion includes the Healthy Behaviors Program (HBP), which incentivizes enrollees to receive a wellness exam and complete a health risk assessment annually to waive a monthly premium. We conducted a telephone survey with enrollees to examine their awareness and understanding of the HBP, and we then merged the survey data with claims data to examine factors associated with the completion of program requirements. As found in previous research, awareness of the HBP remains low, with approximately half of respondents unaware of the program or the premium requirement. Our results suggest that four years after the program was implemented, requirements are not being effectively communicated to enrollees. When designing and implementing such programs, policy makers should note that they are unlikely to succeed without consideration of how the program is structured and promoted. Limited program awareness is likely to result in low participation and consequences related to paying premiums or being disenrolled.
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