Powerpoint presentation for SBMI Research Writing course at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. COVID-19 and Texas Nursing Home Residents Deaths: Is Payor Mix (% Medicaid) Related? This presentation gives an overview of a potential relationship.
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COVID-19 and Texas Nursing Home Residents Deaths: Is Payor Mix (% Medicaid) Related?
1. COVID-19 and Texas
Nursing Home Residents’
Deaths:
Is Payor Mix (% Medicaid) Related?
Annette D. Mulkay
SBMI 6313 Scientific Writing
2. COVID-19 &
Texas Nursing Home
Resident Deaths
Oct 7, 2020
(Data.CMS.gov)
3603 Nursing Home Residents Deaths
Circle size corresponds to number
of deaths per 1000 people
3. Why this
topic?
Nursing Homes are the 2nd
most regulated industry next to
nuclear power plants.
So how did we get here?
4. Two Payor System
Medicare is the
money maker (short
term care)
$500/ day
Medicaid is the
long term care
provider
$130/day*
*Less than breakeven point
5. Operations priorities
1) Rent
2) Management fees
3) Pay staff, food,
supplies
Money does not stay in
the service facility-runs
“lean”
BUSINESS STRUCTURE
6. ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
2 Tests – 10%, 25% bins
What is the relationship?
Characteristics of Nursing Homes in Texas (n)
Total 1,035
Location Zip code
Facilities with Zero Deaths 527
Range of Medicaid
Average percent of Medicaid (payor mix)
0-97.3%
69%
Range of Medicare
Average percent of Medicare (payor mix)
0-99.4%
13%
Significance level α = 0.05
Datasets
CMS &
LTCfocus.org
7. Nursing home facilities with the
highest percentage of Medicaid
patients also had the highest
COVID-19 residents mortality
rate
Most significant at 60%, 70%,
and 80% bins (p value of 0.031)
Analysis of Means
(ANOVA) with 10 % bins
8. Nursing home facilities with
the highest percentage of
Medicaid patients also had the
highest COVID-19 residents
mortality rate
(p value of 0.071—too high)
Analysis of Means (ANOVA)
with Quartiles (25 % bins)
• 50% (549 deaths)
• 75% (300 deaths)
9. Post-hoc Tukey
method should
be used to
demonstrate
variables
are significantly
different.
Summary and Next Steps
In a PERFECT WORLD:
• Use bins differently
• Use more advanced statistical methods
• Look at admission assessments—
assess how sick before
patients/residents arrived at NH
• Correlate staffing levels & more quality
indicators
• Look at population-income levels using
US census
• Look at finances within facility vs.
profits to shareholders
Editor's Notes
Nursing homes have been the hot spot of COVID-19 deaths in the US and here is Texas’ Nursing Homes Residents’ deaths. The diameter of the circle correlates with increased deaths.
As the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as an endemic,
Nursing Homes should consider strategies to plan for controlling this disease
Researchers have associated COVID-19 NH Resident deaths with race, pre-disposing illnesses, and staffing deficiencies.
I’m looking at the operations step before staffing. Nursing homes payor sources.
My question is: Are COVID-19 Nursing Home resident deaths related to the payer mix?
Let’s follow the money.
Nursing home services are paid by two primary payors in a "dual-business model“ within the same building.
One model is a skilled nursing facility (SNF), or short stay which is paid by Medicare. Medicare typically pays well $500/per patient/per day in Texas.
The other model is a long-term care facility (LTC) paid by Medicaid. Medicaid patients are "residents" and live on site.
Conversely, Medicaid often pays below the actual cost of services.
Texas is notably tight with Medicaid money and pays $130/resident/day ( whereas $300/day is breakeven point).
So a facility that has a high percentage of Medicaid residents has a financial liability. The system rewards Medicare patients.
After 2005, Mom & Pop nursing homes changed to numerous smaller companies in LLCs or (Limited Liability Corporations) and REITs (Real Estate Investment Trust).
This way liability and money remain separate.
Owner of service corporation = Owner of the land but divided into 2 distinct entities.
The operations company runs the nursing home services while investment company manages the Real Estate and the money.
Different corporate structures are set up with various “shell corporations” to hedge liability–In Texas, some are up to 8 layers deep of corporate structures.
Revenues flow from government money or Medicare/Medicaid to the investment company and bypasses the operations company (facility)
Thus, the corporate objective is to make money and not necessarily improve resident care. The result is skimping in staffing ratios,, and supplies.
Fines for quality violations are a typical, and allocated as part of the budget
This retrospective study aimed to ascertain if changes in one factor influence a clinical response.
2 ANOVA tests were performed to evaluate the facilities payor mix (expressed as a % of Medicaid) over Covid19 deaths reported.
It is curious to note, there are 527 facilities with ZERO deaths.
In ANOVA with 10% bins the results show potential trend that may indicate an increased Medicaid mix contributes to a higher count of COVID-19 Nursing Home residents’ deaths.
The p-value <.05 supports the hypothesis that payor mix is strongly related to the higher percentage of Medicaid Nursing Home Residents at 60%, 70%, and 80% bins.
The thin whiskers indicate a tighter correlation at these noted markers. The funds matter.
In ANOVA with quartiles. Binned in 25% intervals
Unfortunately, the p-value at 0.075 was too high to be statistically significant. However, the visualization of the data was more interesting.
These results are like the cited literature as the amount of money that stays within an institution does matter.
The limitations of this study are that 2017 Medicaid/Medicare data was used for percent Medicaid.
Additionally, the COVID-19 data was retrieved in early October, and subsequent COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths have indeed occurred.
While the ANOVA 10 percentile analysis demonstrated significance at 60%, 70%, and 80% Medicaid,
Performing a post-hoc test using a Tukey method would help make the results more precise.
Further studies should be utilized for current dates.
Use bins differently
Use more advanced statistical methods
But % Medicaid and COVID-19 deaths are not enough information by themselves. Other variables should be considered to substantiate this concept
Look at various additional ways to examine this problem
admission assessments—assess how sick before patients/residents arrived at NH. Comorbidities would be here.
staffing levels & more quality indicators
population-income levels using US census
finances within facility vs. profits to shareholders
More research will enable health care planners and policymakers to identify and diminish future outbreaks in this Nursing Home population.
Nevertheless, at present someone is making money while residents and their families suffer (Jagammathan, 2020).