COVID-19 and MCO-community partnerships to address enrollee social needs
CONCLUSIONS: Unmet social needs associated with the pandemic placed tremendous strain on CBOs, limiting their capacity to sustain some programs and partnerships. Isolation associated with COVID-19 also had wide-ranging effects on service delivery, communication with enrollees and partners, and the ability to maintain relationships. Nonetheless, the pandemic also had some silver linings, including additional resources and flexibility for addressing unmet needs. Federal and state agencies, along with MCO leaders, should carefully evaluate what innovations have been particularly effective during the pandemic and craft new fle...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rachel Hogg-Graham Allison M Scott Hayley Stahl Elizabeth Riley Emily R Clear Teresa M Waters Source Type: research
Provision of telemental health before and after COVID-19 onset
CONCLUSIONS: Telemedicine availability in mental health facilities has expanded post COVID-19 pandemic, but telemedicine provision has been uneven across organizational and state-level factors. Expansion of regional investments and payment parity might be necessary to ensure equitable provision of telemedicine.PMID:36947013 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2023.89326 (Source: The American Journal of Managed Care)
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Bradley Iott Tran Thu Doan Source Type: research
COVID-19 and MCO-community partnerships to address enrollee social needs
CONCLUSIONS: Unmet social needs associated with the pandemic placed tremendous strain on CBOs, limiting their capacity to sustain some programs and partnerships. Isolation associated with COVID-19 also had wide-ranging effects on service delivery, communication with enrollees and partners, and the ability to maintain relationships. Nonetheless, the pandemic also had some silver linings, including additional resources and flexibility for addressing unmet needs. Federal and state agencies, along with MCO leaders, should carefully evaluate what innovations have been particularly effective during the pandemic and craft new fle...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rachel Hogg-Graham Allison M Scott Hayley Stahl Elizabeth Riley Emily R Clear Teresa M Waters Source Type: research
Provision of telemental health before and after COVID-19 onset
CONCLUSIONS: Telemedicine availability in mental health facilities has expanded post COVID-19 pandemic, but telemedicine provision has been uneven across organizational and state-level factors. Expansion of regional investments and payment parity might be necessary to ensure equitable provision of telemedicine.PMID:36947013 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2023.89326 (Source: The American Journal of Managed Care)
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Bradley Iott Tran Thu Doan Source Type: research
COVID-19 and MCO-community partnerships to address enrollee social needs
CONCLUSIONS: Unmet social needs associated with the pandemic placed tremendous strain on CBOs, limiting their capacity to sustain some programs and partnerships. Isolation associated with COVID-19 also had wide-ranging effects on service delivery, communication with enrollees and partners, and the ability to maintain relationships. Nonetheless, the pandemic also had some silver linings, including additional resources and flexibility for addressing unmet needs. Federal and state agencies, along with MCO leaders, should carefully evaluate what innovations have been particularly effective during the pandemic and craft new fle...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rachel Hogg-Graham Allison M Scott Hayley Stahl Elizabeth Riley Emily R Clear Teresa M Waters Source Type: research
Provision of telemental health before and after COVID-19 onset
CONCLUSIONS: Telemedicine availability in mental health facilities has expanded post COVID-19 pandemic, but telemedicine provision has been uneven across organizational and state-level factors. Expansion of regional investments and payment parity might be necessary to ensure equitable provision of telemedicine.PMID:36947013 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2023.89326 (Source: The American Journal of Managed Care)
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - March 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Bradley Iott Tran Thu Doan Source Type: research
Breast Cancer in Women With Severe Mental Illness Often Undertreated, Review Suggests
Women with severe mental illness (SMI) —such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression—are less likely to receive recommended treatment for breast cancer than those without SMI, according to areport inPsycho-Oncology.Prior studies suggest that death from breast cancer is higher among patients with preexisting SMI compared with those without mental illness. Such higher death rates may be the result of reduced access to early cancer screening; delays in seeking cancer care; and/or a lack of collaboration between psychiatrists, primary care physicians, and oncologists, wrote Steve Kisely, M.D., Ph.D., of the...
Source: Psychiatr News - March 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: bipolar disorder breast cancer chemotherapy depression diagnosis hormone therapy psycho-oncology radiation schizophrenia severe mental illness SMI surgery treatment Source Type: research
Comparing race and ethnicity across safety-net and non-safety net practices pre- and post-an HIV screening alert
CONCLUSION: While race and practice characteristics influence the likelihood of HIV screening, EMR modifications and provider education can significantly enhance screening and care for patients with HIV regardless of race and practice type.PMID:36944051 | DOI:10.1370/afm.20.s1.3013 (Source: Annals of Family Medicine)
Source: Annals of Family Medicine - March 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Thomas Ludden Jeremy Thomas Lindsay Shade Hazel Tapp Michael Leonard Source Type: research
Insurance Disparities in Access to Robotic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
CONCLUSIONS: As the field of colorectal cancer surgery shifts away from laparoscopy and toward robotics, new inequities across patient insurance are emerging. Proactive efforts are needed to ensure all patients benefit from a minimally invasive approach.PMID:36943527 | DOI:10.1245/s10434-023-13354-1 (Source: Ann Oncol)
Source: Ann Oncol - March 21, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christopher P Childers Abhineet Uppal Matthew Tillman George J Chang Hop S Tran Cao Source Type: research
Comparing race and ethnicity across safety-net and non-safety net practices pre- and post-an HIV screening alert
CONCLUSION: While race and practice characteristics influence the likelihood of HIV screening, EMR modifications and provider education can significantly enhance screening and care for patients with HIV regardless of race and practice type.PMID:36944051 | DOI:10.1370/afm.20.s1.3013 (Source: Annals of Family Medicine)
Source: Annals of Family Medicine - March 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Thomas Ludden Jeremy Thomas Lindsay Shade Hazel Tapp Michael Leonard Source Type: research
Insurance Disparities in Access to Robotic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
CONCLUSIONS: As the field of colorectal cancer surgery shifts away from laparoscopy and toward robotics, new inequities across patient insurance are emerging. Proactive efforts are needed to ensure all patients benefit from a minimally invasive approach.PMID:36943527 | DOI:10.1245/s10434-023-13354-1 (Source: Ann Oncol)
Source: Ann Oncol - March 21, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christopher P Childers Abhineet Uppal Matthew Tillman George J Chang Hop S Tran Cao Source Type: research
Comparing race and ethnicity across safety-net and non-safety net practices pre- and post-an HIV screening alert
CONCLUSION: While race and practice characteristics influence the likelihood of HIV screening, EMR modifications and provider education can significantly enhance screening and care for patients with HIV regardless of race and practice type.PMID:36944051 | DOI:10.1370/afm.20.s1.3013 (Source: Annals of Family Medicine)
Source: Annals of Family Medicine - March 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Thomas Ludden Jeremy Thomas Lindsay Shade Hazel Tapp Michael Leonard Source Type: research
Comparing race and ethnicity across safety-net and non-safety net practices pre- and post-an HIV screening alert
CONCLUSION: While race and practice characteristics influence the likelihood of HIV screening, EMR modifications and provider education can significantly enhance screening and care for patients with HIV regardless of race and practice type.PMID:36944051 | DOI:10.1370/afm.20.s1.3013 (Source: Annals of Family Medicine)
Source: Annals of Family Medicine - March 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Thomas Ludden Jeremy Thomas Lindsay Shade Hazel Tapp Michael Leonard Source Type: research
Reducing Maternal Obesity and Diabetes Risks Prior to Conception with the National Diabetes Prevention Program
The objective of this report is to provide initial evidence of the National Diabetes Prevention Program ’s (NDPP) effects on maternal-child outcomes in diverse, low-income women and their offspring.MethodsThe yearlong NDPP was delivered in a safety net healthcare system to 1,569 participants from 2013 to 2019. Using medical records, we evaluated outcomes for women < 40 years who became pregnant and delivered after attending the NDPP for ≥ 1 month (n = 32), as compared to a usual care group of women < 40 years (n = 26) who were initially eligible for the NDPP but were excluded due to pregnancy...
Source: Maternal and Child Health Journal - March 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Estimations of Inpatient and Ambulatory Pediatric Tonsillectomy in the United States: A Cross-sectional Analysis
CONCLUSION: A total of 567,000 pediatric ambulatory and inpatient tonsillectomies were performed in 2019; the majority were performed in ambulatory settings. The index admission severity of illness was associated with readmission risk.PMID:36939461 | DOI:10.1002/ohn.268 (Source: Hand Surgery)
Source: Hand Surgery - March 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Romaine F Johnson Jinghan Zhang Stephen R Chorney Yann-Fuu Kou Felicity Lenes-Voit Seckin Ulualp Christopher Liu Ron B Mitchell Source Type: research
