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415 Impact of Pennsylvania Medicaid payment policy change on rural versus non-rural hospital implementation of immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2023

Sarah Horvath
Affiliation:
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Emma Guare
Affiliation:
Penn State University College of Medicine
Grace Fried
Affiliation:
Allegheny Health Network
Cynthia Chuang
Affiliation:
Penn State University College of Medicine
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To apply implementation science strategies to evaluate the impact of the 2016 Pennsylvania (PA) Medicaid payment policy change on hospital-level access to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (IPP LARC), an evidence-based strategy to increase contraceptive access; to identify differences by rurality and academic status. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We conducted a web-based, IRB-exempt survey of Labor and Delivery (L&D) leaders at all PA hospitals in Summer-Fall 2022, assessing hospital characteristics, contraceptive practices, and facilitators/barriers to IPP LARC implementation, using concepts from health services studies of small subsets of implementing hospitals; we translate these concepts into policy evaluation by sampling the complete population of Pennsylvania hospitals with active L&D units. L&D hospitals were characterized as sustainers if they implemented by 2019 and continued to provide IPP LARC, as implementers if they implemented IPP LARC in 2020-22, and non-implementers if they had not started the process. We use the Center for Rural Pennsylvania definition of rural: counties with RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We collected data from 48/74 (64.9%) hospitals with L&D units. Hospitals were heterogenous with 18/48 (37.5%) in rural counties and 15/48 (31.3%) identifying as academic. A minority of hospitals provide IPP LARC, with 17/48 (35.4%) offering implants and 16/48 (33.3%) offering intrauterine devices (IUD) immediately postpartum. Before the PA Medicaid payment policy change, few offered implants [4/48 (8.3%)] or IUDs [1/48 (2.1%)]. Non-rural hospitals implemented IPP LARC more often and on an earlier timeline than rural hospitals: [7/30 (23.3%) v 3/18 (16.7%)] sustainers, [5/30 (16.6%) v 2/18 (11.1%)] implementers. Common facilitators include clinical champions, meeting patient needs, and adequate knowledge. Planned analyses include implementation barriers, and impact of external implementation support. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Despite unmet need in rural populations for evidence-based contraception, rural hospitals were less likely to implement IPP LARC. Implementation support should be designed to meet the needs of rural hospitals. Implementation science methods can be translated to evaluate the impact of healthcare policy on access to care.

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