Health
Ranks of U.S. uninsured fell by 18% during COVID pandemic
Public health officials announced Tuesday that a lot fewer Americans were without health insurance after the COVID-19 pandemic than before it.
May 16, 2023
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News tagged with medicaid
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The COVID 'emergency' is over. Here's what you need to know
While the official COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, the virus hasn't disappeared.
May 15, 2023
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Medical economics
Researchers describe urgent need for data on quality of care offered by Medicare Advantage plans
As Medicare Advantage plans enroll more and more patients with serious illness, it is not clear how well the plans take care of these patients, Mount Sinai researchers say in a Perspective piece published today in the New ...
May 9, 2023
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Medical economics
Investments needed to meet demand for home care workforce
The home care workforce increased from 2008 to 2013, but growth slowed to 2019, while the number of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) participants increased continuously from 2008 to 2020, according to a study ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Health
Achieving prevention and health, rather than more health care
Rutgers is researching a new health care model that emphasizes primary care and prevention over emergency care in underserved communities
Apr 21, 2023
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Addiction
Millions with opioid addiction don't receive residential treatment, finds study
Approximately 7 million adults in the U.S. are living with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet a new Northwestern Medicine study that measured residential treatment use among Medicaid enrollees across nine states found only 7% ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Life-threatening childbirth complications among Medicaid enrollees vary widely by state and race, ethnicity
The risk of life-threatening maternal complications from childbirth may be higher depending on where you live, a new study finds.
Apr 6, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Non-drug interventions for patients with Alzheimer's are both effective and cost-effective, study shows
While new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease tend to receive the most public attention, many well-researched ways to care for people with dementia don't involve medication. A new evaluation compared the cost-effectiveness ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Contraception access varies significantly by where people live
Across the United States, there are large differences in effective contraceptive use, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University, based on data from more than 8.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries.
Apr 5, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Medicaid reimbursement for mental health varies widely across states
Medicaid reimbursement for the same mental health treatment varies dramatically among U.S. states, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.
Apr 3, 2023
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