Meeting The Superutilizer Challenge

Earlier this year, we looked at “superutilizers” – the small percentage of the population that is responsible for the majority of health care spending (see Superutilizers & Mental Illness). Just in the past few months, some very interesting new data has come out on superutilizer care utilization patterns.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an analysis of the distribution of Medicaid spending in May of 2015. Their findings – the most expensive 5% of Medicaid-only enrollees accounted for 48% of Medicaid expenditures (see <a href="https . . .