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Table 4 Per-member per-month budget impact estimates from a Medicare 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

− 0.93

− 1.39

− 2.78

− 1.70

 Propeller

0.20

0.30

0.61

0.37

 Hospitalizations

− 1.59

− 2.39

− 4.77

− 2.92

 ED Visits

− 0.10

− 0.15

− 0.29

− 0.18

 Outpatient/physician office

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Remote monitoring

0.66

0.99

1.99

1.21

 SABA use

− 0.18

− 0.26

− 0.53

− 0.32

 Controller medication use

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

PMPM costs without propeller

 Total

90.89

90.89

90.89

90.89

 Propeller

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Hospitalizations

53.05

53.05

53.05

53.05

 ED Visits

1.77

1.77

1.77

1.77

 Outpatient/physician office

2.36

2.36

2.36

2.36

 Remote monitoring

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 SABA use

2.96

2.96

2.96

2.96

 Controller medication use

30.76

30.76

30.76

30.76

PMPM costs with propeller

 Total

89.97

89.50

88.12

89.20

 Propeller

0.20

0.30

0.61

0.37

 Hospitalizations

51.46

50.67

48.28

50.14

 ED Visits

1.67

1.62

1.48

1.59

 Outpatient/physician office

2.36

2.36

2.36

2.36

 Remote monitoring

0.66

0.99

1.99

1.21

 SABA use

2.78

2.69

2.43

2.64

 Controller medication use

30.76

30.76

30.76

30.76

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