More than 700,000 elderly and disabled Americans receive health care in residential care communities, such as assisted living facilities. As the population ages, this number will grow. A new study by RTI International found ...
Aug 7, 2017
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For adult Medicaid beneficiaries with major depression, disruptions in coverage are followed by increases in emergency department (ED) visits and longer hospital stays after the person goes back on Medicaid, reports a study ...
Jul 17, 2017
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States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits more per 1,000 people after 2014, while the share of emergency department visits by the uninsured decreased ...
Jun 19, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Medical marijuana laws are associated with a decline in the number of prescriptions filled for Medicaid enrollees, according to a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs.
Apr 28, 2017
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Oregon's 2012 shift to an incentivized, accountable-care system for Medicaid beneficiaries led to positive changes for expectant mothers and their babies, research at Oregon State University shows.
Oct 20, 2016
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(HealthDay)—The home-based primary care (HBPC) model at the core of the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration has the potential to produce considerable savings for Medicare and Medicaid, according to research published ...
Jun 14, 2016
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Doctors, community workers and social researchers have long recognized a link between the hardships of poverty and health problems.
Jan 5, 2016
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When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965, roughly half of Americans 65 and older had no health insurance.
Jul 29, 2015
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Current U.S. health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. Ob/gyn experts argue that this violates health care justice as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women ...
May 7, 2015
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The Medicaid block grant proposed as part of the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment Act ("Patient CARE Act") would radically transform Medicaid without the consent of states and would likely be ...
Apr 22, 2015
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