…published in the American Journal of Managed Care, “Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies and Imprisonment Among Patients With Schizophrenia,” researchers from the University of Southern California hypothesize that one of the…
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…a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, Medicaid expansion is an optional decision for states. In states that have expanded Medicaid, a disproportionate payer for people with substance use disorders, it is…
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…start of the study period, which spans from 2018 to 2020, the researchers write. Wisconsin Medicaid did not cover residential treatment or medically supervised detoxification from opioids. Medicaid programs and…
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…reimbursement of telemedicine services vary by state. Medicare is governed by federal policy, but states oversee Medicaid guidelines and decisions about Medicaid expansion, and commercial insurers’ policies can vary substantially….
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…has tried to improve transparency when it comes to quality of care at dialysis centers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency of the Department of Health and…
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…write. The Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Nationwide Home Evictions and Eviction-Court Initiations: United States, 2000–2016 Naomi Zewde, Erica Eliason, Heidi Allen and Tal Gross. American Journal of…
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…prescribed buprenorphine. If yes, the researchers followed up by asking which insurance they accepted, including Medicaid, whether they were accepting new patients, and when their first available appointment was. “One…
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…of psychiatrists accepted new patients with private insurance and Medicare, while 36% of them accepted new patients with Medicaid. In comparison, the overall rate of physicians accepting new Medicaid patients…
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…and Medicaid covering about a third of the population. Journalist’s Resource recently published a roundup of research summarizing recent notable studies on surprise billing. Tip #3: Pay attention to how…
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…drugs. Accelerated approval is an important topic for journalists to consider in their ongoing coverage of drug costs in America. “Private insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid pay millions—maybe billions—of dollars…
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