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Table 5 NE-DHHS: description of integrated payment model, screening outcomes, and cost by year

From: Improving the efficiency of integrated cancer screening delivery across multiple cancers: case studies from Idaho, Rhode Island, and Nebraska

 

FY2017 (7/1/2016–6/30/2017)

FY2018 (7/1/2017–6/30/2018)

FY2019 (7/1/2018–6/30/2019)

FY2020 (7/1/2019–6/302020)

Description of integrated payment model

 Contract

Fee-for-dervice

Fixed cost subaward

Fixed cost subaward

Fixed cost subaward

 FIT kit distribution and navigation payment for colorectal cancer screenings

Payment per service; % paid for kit return

Fixed fees for FIT kit distribution and kit returned

 Identification and navigation payment for breast and cervical cancer screening

Payment per service

Capped at $208 per person navigated

 Payment for meeting targets (separate payments for colorectal and breast/cervical cancer screenings)

None

Pay for performancea

 Administrative cost (across all cancer screenings)

25% of total

Eliminated

 Strategic planning and quality improvement fee (across all cancer screenings)

  

$2000 per quarter

 Integration across programs

Administrative cost

Pay-for-performance approach

Local health department (LHD) implementing partners

    

 Number of local health departments participating in the program

19

19

14

13

Screening outcomes

 Colorectal cancer

    

  FOBT kit distribution

4101

3418

2308

1201

  Kits returned (individuals screened)

2162

1867

1037

703

   Return rates (%)

52.7

54.6

44.9

58.5

 Breast and cervical cancers

    

  Flagged

1590

866

356

374

  Navigated

301

292

283

291

  Screened

198

265

262

277

   % screened screened/reach

12.5%

30.6%

73.6%

74.1%

   % screened screened/navigated

65.8%

90.8%

92.6%

95.2%

Costb

 Cost per person screened for colorectal cancer (includes FIT kit distribution, navigation and payment for meeting screening targets)

23

33

44

42

 Cost per person screened for breast and cervical cancer (includes patient identification, navigation and payment for meeting screening targets)

1173

452

603

508

 Cost per person screened for administrative, evaluation, quality improvement and strategic planning

112

19

38

 Total promotion costs per person screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer

389

85

195

234

  1. aUp to 30% for completion rate for breast and cervical navigation and up to 20% for completion rate for colorectal cancer screening
  2. bCost of FIT kit tests, screening tests, and diagnostic procedures are not included. Therefore, the costs presented in the table do not include clinical cost of delivering screening
  3. FY, fiscal year