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Elimination of Cost Sharing for Screening Mammography in Medicare Advantage Plans.
N Engl J Med
January 2018
From the Departments of Health Services, Policy and Practice (A.N.T., B.L., Y.L., O.A.P., I.J.D.), and Epidemiology (I.J.D.), Brown University School of Public Health, and the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.N.T.) - both in Providence, RI.
Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required most insurers and the Medicare program to eliminate cost sharing for screening mammography.
Methods: We conducted a difference-in-differences study of biennial screening mammography among 15,085 women 65 to 74 years of age in 24 Medicare Advantage plans that eliminated cost sharing to provide full coverage for screening mammography, as compared with 52,035 women in 48 matched control plans that had and maintained full coverage.
Results: In plans that eliminated cost sharing, adjusted rates of biennial screening mammography increased from 59.