| Hudson Health Plan, New York
From left to right: Janet (Jessie) Sullivan, MD and and Meredith Rosenthal, PhD
Grantee Name
Hudson Health Plan, New York
Project Title
Addressing Disparities in Diabetes Care with Pay-for-Performance Programs
Project Description
Hudson Health Plan (HHP), a Medicaid-focused not-for-profit managed care plan, will assess the effectiveness of its pay-for-performance program in reducing disparities in diabetes care for racial and ethnic minorities. The plan’s program will use operating funds to reward primary care professionals a bonus aimed at improving the quality of care for all Plan members with diabetes, nearly three-quarters of whom belong to racial and ethnic minorities. HHP’s program rewards patient-centered care rather than population-wide results. The evaluation will address concerns that pay-for-performance programs may exacerbate disparities by evaluating whether the program has improved both process and intermediate outcome measures of diabetes quality of care among racial and ethnic minority enrollees. Primary care providers will be surveyed to learn their views on the design of the program and their satisfaction with it.
The evaluation will also attempt to quantify barriers to adoption of such a program and evaluate the impact of a pay-for-performance program on utilization and total health plan spending for racial and ethnic minority enrollees with diabetes. If outcomes have improved, the program could provide a model for other health plans that serve minority populations and thereby help to reduce disparities.
Contact:
Janet Sullivan (jsullivan@hudsonhealthplan.org)
Principal Investigator(s):
Janet Sullivan, MD
Meredith Rosenthal, PhD
Team Members:
Karen Pennar, MPH, Project Coordinator
Paul Fiore, Controller
Gail Babes, Senior Research Analyst | 
