Award
NIH Reporter #1K01DA064935-01
Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy and Its Impact on Access to Care for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Recipient
Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA, United States
Award Amount
$193,180.00
Ceiling
$193,180.00
Awarded
March 06, 2026
Identifier
1K01DA064935-01
The award supports research to evaluate how Medicaid Managed Care networks affect access to maternity care and medication use for pregnant women with opioid use disorder, aiming to improve health outcomes through policy and network adequacy analysis.
Description
This project focuses on how Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) networks impact access to care and outcomes for pregnant women with opioid use disorder (PwOUD). It aims to measure the adequacy of MMC maternity and MOUD provider networks, evaluate geographic variation based on PwOUD status, and estimate the impact of state policies enforcing network standards.