ProgenyHealth's Retrospective Study on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Published in Population Health Management

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Apr 08, 2015, 11:30 ET

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ProgenyHealth, the market leader in evidence-based care management solutions for premature and medically complex newborns, announced today that a retrospective observational study on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), has been published in the journal, Population Health Management. The paper was authored by clinical members of ProgenyHealth's Executive Leadership team, Drs. Jerry Lee, Sonia Hulman, Michael Musci, and Ellen Stang.

Lead author, Dr. Jerry Lee states, "According to a recent study, the number of women using opioids during pregnancy has increased 450% in the past decade. As a result, we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of babies born with drug withdrawal. ProgenyHealth partners with NICUs that provide excellent, effective and safe care for these infants. However, we did notice variation in treatment practices, which led us to study our experience."

The paper titled, "Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Influence of a Combined Inpatient/Outpatient Methadone Treatment Regimen on the Average Length of Stay of a Medicaid NICU Population," is a retrospective data analysis examining a population of infants from a large Medicaid health plan, born with NAS and managed by ProgenyHealth. The primary objective of the study is to assess the average length of stay in the NICU and to determine the variables that may account for differences in inter-institutional lengths of stay.

For more information on the NAS study, visit our latest blog entry at Ponderings by Progeny. To view the full study, visit the Knowledge Center page of our website.

About ProgenyHealth
ProgenyHealth is a leading provider of neonatal care coordination services. Focusing on the unique health care needs of infants in intensive care nurseries, ProgenyHealth's neonatologists, pediatricians, and NICU nurses, partner with the infant's neonatologists and primary care providers to deliver care management services from birth through the first year of life. Case managers are available around the clock to support and educate families. Families become active participants in the health care decision-making process by working closely with the ProgenyHealth clinical team. ProgenyHealth delivers consistent, measurable, and substantial ROIs for each of its health plan clients. For more information on our programs and services, please visit www.progenyhealth.com.

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