http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Among Medicaid beneficiaries diagnosed with head and neck cancer, considerable racial disparities exist in treatment patterns and survival, according to a study published online April 18 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-racial-disparity-neck-cancer-outcomes.html Surgery Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:10:01 EST news285603314 (HealthDay)—The ectopic pregnancy rate is higher among Medicaid beneficiaries than the privately insured, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ectopic-pregnancy-higher-medicaid-population.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:20:02 EST news284989917 (HealthDay)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs of certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries under the Affordable Care Act. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-fed-gov-medicaid-enrollees-aca.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:30:02 EST news284281514 New research from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health has found lower cesarean birth rates among Medicaid beneficiaries with access to support from a birth doula than among Medicaid patients nationally. A doula is not a medical provider, but is a trained, experienced professional person who can provide information, physical assistance and support to a woman during childbirth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-doula-low-income-women-taxpayers-money.html Health Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:33:55 EST news280082019 Results of a Johns Hopkins study suggest that individuals with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to live longer if they take their antipsychotic drugs on schedule, avoid extremely high doses and also regularly see a mental health professional. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-antipsychotic-drugs-life-individuals-schizophrenia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:38:45 EST news270963171 (HealthDay) -- White women accounted for the majority of the 733,000 people in the United States who lived in state-regulated residential care facilities in 2010, according to a new federal report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-white-women-bulk-assisted-living-residents.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:50:01 EST news253358745 (HealthDay) -- Medicaid patients have more difficulty getting primary care and visit hospital emergency departments more often than those with private insurance, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-medicaid-patients-ers.html Health Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:10:57 EST news251385027 A reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated primary care at the forefront of its efforts, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in a new position paper released today at Internal Medicine 2011, ACP's annual scientific meeting. Medicaid and Health Care Reform highlights how primary care physicians will assume a major role in providing care to Medicaid beneficiaries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-reformed-medicaid-forefront-efforts.html Health Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:24:39 EST news221502267