Screening tools to address social determinants of health in the United States: asystematic review - Neshan M, Padmanaban V, Tsilimigras DI, Obeng-Gyasi S, Fareed N, Pawlik TM.
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services have mandated that hospitals implement measures to screen social determinants of health (SDoH). We sought to report on available SDoH screening tools. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, as well as the grey literatu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
CMS: Announcement of the Re-Approval of AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies) as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
Announcement from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) of receipt of an application from Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) for re-approval as an accreditation organization for clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program for several specialty and subspecialty laboratories. CMS has re-approved AABB as an accreditation organization under CLIA and grants deeming authority for 6 years through April 25, 2030. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 25, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Bill ending Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood heads to Missouri governor
A bill that would make Missouri the fourth state to ban Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood is on its way to the governor.
On Wednesday, the Missouri House in a vote down party lines approved legislation that would end Medicaid reimbursements to any health centers affiliated with abortion providers. Republicans are confident they ’ve landed on a strategy that will finally stick after two failed attempts to pass a similar restriction through the state budget were struck down by state courts.
This… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anna Spoerre Source Type: news
In Lower-Income Areas, Doctors Are Taking On Dental Duties
Dental deserts are emerging across the country, especially in low-income and rural areas. Because of this, many people do not have access to necessary oral health care, which can lead to worse health outcomes over time. In order to accommodate the lack of dentists, some primary care practices are…#medicaid #tampabaytimes #myechiaminterjordan #patriciabraun #taracallaghan #cbsnews #frankcatalanotto #floridians #dentalaccess (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and S... (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Feds set higher nursing home staffing mandates. Many Missouri facilities don ’t meet them.
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.
The new rules from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services are the most substantial changes to federal oversight of the nation ’s roughly 15,000 nursing homes in more than three decades. But they are less stringent than what patient advocates said was needed to provide high-quality care.
Spurred by disproportionate deaths… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jordan Rau Source Type: news
Officials warn 70,000 Medicaid users they're losing health insurance
Tens of thousands of Medicaid recipients in Nevada will be without health insurance now that the pandemic-era continuous coverage policy for the program has ended. Nevada Health Link, the state's health insurance exchange, has been sending alerts to the 70,000 residents who were not aware they are…#medicaid #nevada #katiecharleson #kvvutv #lasvegas #charleson #louisenorris #healthinsuranceorg #norris #nationally (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
State attorneys-general are shaping national policy
To foreigners looking in, it is unusual enough that America elects most of its top prosecutors. More shocking is the amount of money going into political campaigns. Now the two have come together in a way that would make even the least wonky American curious. Between 2008 and 2022 the cost of…#democrat #kenpaxton #propublica #texastribune #medicaid #trumpian #letitiajames #msjames #newyorks #empirestate (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South L.A., Antelope Valley lead L.A. County in preventable hospitalizations
Key takeawaysIn Los Angeles County, areas with the highest rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits are the same areas with the highest percentages of adults insured by Medi-Cal.High rates seen in South Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley suggest better outpatient care is needed there.Study authors recommend that policymakers and payers should consider improving access to care and increasing payments for Medi-Cal providers to help narrow health equity disparities.If you ’re a Los Angeles County resident living with chronic health conditions like diabetes, asthma or hypertension, y...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicaid Program: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) implementing improvements to increase transparency and accountability, standardize data and monitoring, and create opportunities for States to promote active beneficiary engagement in their Medicaid programs, with the goal of improving access to care. These regulations are effective 60 days after the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for May 10, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 23, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicaid Program: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) advancing CMS' efforts to improve access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better address health equity issues for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care enrollees. This rule specifically addresses standards for timely access to care and States' monitoring and enforcement efforts, reduces burden for some State directed payments and certain quality reporting requirements, adds new standards that will apply when States use in lieu of services and settings (ILOSs) to promote effective utilization a...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 23, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) establishing minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. This rule also requires states to report the percentage of Medicaid payments for certain Medicaid-covered institutional services that are spent on compensation for direct care workers and support staff. These regulations are effective on June 21, 2024, except for § 483.71, § 483.35(b)(1) and (c)(1), § 483.35(b)(1)(i) and (ii), and §§ 438.72(a) and 442.43 as indicated. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 23, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Notice from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on the extension of the Medicaid and CHIP Program (MACPro) generic clearance process umbrella and the individual generic collection of information requests that fall under the MACPro umbrella. Comments are due by May 23, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 23, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year 2024-Remaining Provisions and Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) revising regulations for Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Revisions include Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas. These regulations are effective June 3, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 23, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives
Proposed changes to Medicare and Medicaid, including raising the age of Medicare eligibility, could lead to thousands of additional deaths, a Yale study shows. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
