…Medicaid dollars toward addressing social determinants of health. According to KFF, a nonprofit nonpartisan health policy research organization, the social determinants of health “include factors like economic stability, education, neighborhood…
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…in the future. Among the first steps is improving and expanding Medicaid coverage, better data collection, diversifying the perinatal workforce and providing better economic and social support for people before,…
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…The researchers compared telehealth treatment for opioid use disorder and medically-treated overdose before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a longitudinal study involving 175,778 Medicare and Medicaid…
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…U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative: What You Need to Know,” Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2021. “The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: The Basics,” Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2022. “Medicaid…
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…Per capita health care spending in 2020 ranged from $7,522 in Utah to $14,007 in New York, a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows. 2….
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…$80 billion, followed by $23.2 billion paid by private insurance or patients and $3.5 billion by Medicaid. “The burden of falls on healthcare systems and healthcare spending will continue to…
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…as Medicaid enrollment rises, community health centers are likely to see increased Medicaid revenue. Recent policy reforms provide evidence to this effect: Community health centers in states that did not…
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…condition for Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for the poor. The policy allows exemptions for some, including the elderly and disabled. Brian Neale, director of the federal Medicaid office,…
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…Pennsylvania’s nursing homes. The data included information on Medicaid reimbursement rates, expenses for Medicaid-certified nursing homes, and details about residents. He focused on data collected from 2000 to 2002, which…
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…Texas A&M professor Laura Dague suggest added work requirements will likely lead to decreased enrollment in Medicaid. Losing Medicaid could reduce people’s access to primary and preventive care, which in…
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