Research Briefs
Date of this Version
9-2017
Abstract
In 2016, ACA marketplace plans offered provider networks that were far narrower for mental health care than for primary care. On average, plan networks included 24 percent of all primary care providers and 11 percent of all mental health care providers in a given market. Just 43 percent of psychiatrists and 19 percent of nonphysician mental health providers participate in any network. These findings raise important questions about network sufficiency, consumer choice, and access to mental health care in marketplace plans.
Document Type
Brief
Number
30
See Original Study
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/9/1624.abstract
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords
ACA, marketplace, mental health, PCP
View On LDI Website
https://ldi.upenn.edu/brief/networks-aca-marketplaces-are-narrower-mental-health-care-primary-care
Citation For This Study
Jane M. Zhu, Yuehan Zhang, and Daniel Polsky. Networks In ACA Marketplaces Are Narrower For Mental Health Care Than For Primary Care, Health Affairs, September 2017.
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Date Posted: 31 October 2017
Comments
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