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Table 3 Per-member per-month budget impact estimates from a commercial payer perspective

From: Budget impact analysis of a digital monitoring platform for COPD

Costs, USD

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Average

PMPM budget impact

 Total

− 0.88

− 1.31

− 2.63

− 1.60

 Propeller

0.07

0.11

0.21

0.13

 Hospitalizations

− 1.05

− 1.58

− 3.16

− 1.93

 ED Visits

− 0.09

− 0.13

− 0.27

− 0.16

 Outpatient/physician office

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Remote monitoring

0.23

0.35

0.69

0.42

 SABA use

− 0.06

− 0.09

− 0.18

− 0.11

 Controller medication use

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

PMPM costs without propeller

 Total

49.68

49.68

49.68

49.68

 Propeller

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Hospitalizations

35.08

35.08

35.08

35.08

 ED Visits

1.63

1.63

1.63

1.63

 Outpatient/physician office

1.18

1.18

1.18

1.18

 Remote monitoring

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 SABA use

1.03

1.03

1.03

1.03

 Controller medication use

10.76

10.76

10.76

10.76

PMPM costs with Propeller

 Total

48.81

48.37

47.06

48.08

 Propeller

0.07

0.11

0.21

0.13

 Hospitalizations

34.02

33.50

31.92

33.15

 ED Visits

1.54

1.50

1.36

1.47

 Outpatient/physician office

1.18

1.18

1.18

1.18

 Remote monitoring

0.23

0.35

0.69

0.42

 SABA use

0.97

0.94

0.85

0.92

 Controller medication use

10.76

10.76

10.76

10.76

  1. ED: emergency department; PMPM: per-member per-month; SABA: short-acting beta-agonist