Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity
This Viewpoint explains the Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity of April 2023 and recommends strategies to optimize this opportunity for community connection and mental health care. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - April 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Incidence of anxiety disorder among adults with hidradenitis suppurativa
CONCLUSIONS: HS is independently associated with increased risk of anxiety disorders. An increased risk remains, but is attenuated, when controlling for confounders. The relative risk may be particularly high among patients managed by dermatologists.PMID:38564268 | DOI:10.1093/bjd/ljae139 (Source: The British Journal of Dermatology)
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - April 2, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Erica Cohn Gabriela Palma Nicole Mastacouris Andrew Strunk Amit Garg Source Type: research
How The "Great Resignation" and COVID Unemployment Have Eroded the Employer Sponsored Insurance Model and Access to Healthcare
Am J Law Med. 2023 Dec;49(4):415-435. doi: 10.1017/amj.2024.1. Epub 2024 Apr 2.ABSTRACTPre-pandemic, employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) covered 175 million workers and their dependents, the equivalent of 49% of the country's total population. ESI, a valuable tax preference to employer and employee alike, spurred worker job dependence on employers resulting in access to healthcare dependent upon continued employment. With the advent of the pandemic and the dramatic increase in unemployment, the number of uninsured increased by more than 2.7 million people. Then, unemployment proliferated further by an unprecedented e...
Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Miriam F Weismann Source Type: research
The Need for Transparency in Medicaid Managed Care: Section 1115 Waiver Requirements as a Blueprint
Am J Law Med. 2023 Dec;49(4):457-470. doi: 10.1017/amj.2024.3. Epub 2024 Apr 2.ABSTRACTMedicaid plays a significant role in the health care space, providing insurance coverage to nearly one quarter of the U.S. population. In recent years, managed care organizations have taken on an increasingly prominent role in the Medicaid space, and in many instances have become the sole insurance option for Medicaid recipients. The scale and method of implementation for managed care programs has varied widely from state to state. This Note discusses the many methods by which a state can enact managed care within its Medicaid program, a...
Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Nicole Doherty Source Type: research
Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Infectious Diseases Care for Justice-Involved Populations
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(13):S94-S99. doi: 10.3201/eid3013.230742.ABSTRACTThe Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) prohibits using federal funds for ambulatory care services and medications (including for infectious diseases) for incarcerated persons. More than one quarter of states, including California and Massachusetts, have asked the federal government for authority to waive the MIEP. To improve health outcomes and continuation of care, those states seek to cover transitional care services provided to persons in the period before release from incarceration. The Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association, Massachusetts...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 2, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alysse G Wurcel Katharine London Erika L Crable Nicholas Cocchi Peter J Koutoujian Tyler N A Winkelman Source Type: research
Health Disparities in Patients With Musculoskeletal Injuries: Food Insecurity Is a Common and Clinically Challenging Problem
CONCLUSION: Food insecurity is common among patients who have experienced orthopaedic trauma, and patients who have it may be at increased risk of superficial infections after surgery. Future research in this area should focus on defining these health disparities further and interventions that could address them.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.PMID:38564799 | DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000003055 (Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research)
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - April 2, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Loc-Uyen T Vo Luke Verlinsky Sohan Jakkaraju Ana S Guerra Boris A Zelle Source Type: research
Feasibility of Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring for Detection and Management of Maternal Hypertension in a predominantly Black, Rural and Medicaid Population in Mississippi
Conclusion: This study demonstrates the feasibility and acceptability of RPM for perinatal care in a vulnerable population. Positive outcomes were observed, including high patient satisfaction and no maternal or neonatal deaths. Further research should address patient engagement barriers and develop tailored protocols for improved clinical outcomes.PMID:38563767 | DOI:10.1089/tmj.2023.0426 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Yunxi Zhang Yueh-Yun Lin Lincy Lal J Michael Swint Tanya Tucker DeAngela M Ivory Ying Zhang Saurabh Chandra Charlene Collier Source Type: research
Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Screening and Services in Primary Care Across Underserved Communities in the United States-Initial Examination of Trends, 2020-2021
CONCLUSIONS: The number of clinical visits for patients affected by IPV and HT during the COVID-19 pandemic declined. Delayed care will pose challenges for future health care needs of these populations.PMID:38562004 | DOI:10.1177/00333549241239886 (Source: Public Health Reports)
Source: Public Health Reports - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sue C Lin Kimberly S G Chang Anna Marjavi Katherine Y Chon Melissa E Dichter Jessica DuBois Palardy Source Type: research
National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Examination of Maternal Health Outcomes by Housing Assistance Status
Conclusion-Although these findings are not nationally representative, this report illustrates how linked NHCS-HUD data may provide insight into maternal health outcomes of patients who received housing assistance compared with those who did not.PMID:38563774 (Source: National health statistics reports)
Source: National health statistics reports - April 2, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Josephine M Alford Lello Guluma Doreen M Gidali Geoffrey Jackson Source Type: research
Incidence of anxiety disorder among adults with hidradenitis suppurativa
CONCLUSIONS: HS is independently associated with increased risk of anxiety disorders. An increased risk remains, but is attenuated, when controlling for confounders. The relative risk may be particularly high among patients managed by dermatologists.PMID:38564268 | DOI:10.1093/bjd/ljae139 (Source: The British Journal of Dermatology)
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - April 2, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Erica Cohn Gabriela Palma Nicole Mastacouris Andrew Strunk Amit Garg Source Type: research
How The "Great Resignation" and COVID Unemployment Have Eroded the Employer Sponsored Insurance Model and Access to Healthcare
Am J Law Med. 2023 Dec;49(4):415-435. doi: 10.1017/amj.2024.1. Epub 2024 Apr 2.ABSTRACTPre-pandemic, employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) covered 175 million workers and their dependents, the equivalent of 49% of the country's total population. ESI, a valuable tax preference to employer and employee alike, spurred worker job dependence on employers resulting in access to healthcare dependent upon continued employment. With the advent of the pandemic and the dramatic increase in unemployment, the number of uninsured increased by more than 2.7 million people. Then, unemployment proliferated further by an unprecedented e...
Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Miriam F Weismann Source Type: research
The Need for Transparency in Medicaid Managed Care: Section 1115 Waiver Requirements as a Blueprint
Am J Law Med. 2023 Dec;49(4):457-470. doi: 10.1017/amj.2024.3. Epub 2024 Apr 2.ABSTRACTMedicaid plays a significant role in the health care space, providing insurance coverage to nearly one quarter of the U.S. population. In recent years, managed care organizations have taken on an increasingly prominent role in the Medicaid space, and in many instances have become the sole insurance option for Medicaid recipients. The scale and method of implementation for managed care programs has varied widely from state to state. This Note discusses the many methods by which a state can enact managed care within its Medicaid program, a...
Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Nicole Doherty Source Type: research
Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Infectious Diseases Care for Justice-Involved Populations
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(13):S94-S99. doi: 10.3201/eid3013.230742.ABSTRACTThe Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) prohibits using federal funds for ambulatory care services and medications (including for infectious diseases) for incarcerated persons. More than one quarter of states, including California and Massachusetts, have asked the federal government for authority to waive the MIEP. To improve health outcomes and continuation of care, those states seek to cover transitional care services provided to persons in the period before release from incarceration. The Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association, Massachusetts...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 2, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alysse G Wurcel Katharine London Erika L Crable Nicholas Cocchi Peter J Koutoujian Tyler N A Winkelman Source Type: research
Health Disparities in Patients With Musculoskeletal Injuries: Food Insecurity Is a Common and Clinically Challenging Problem
CONCLUSION: Food insecurity is common among patients who have experienced orthopaedic trauma, and patients who have it may be at increased risk of superficial infections after surgery. Future research in this area should focus on defining these health disparities further and interventions that could address them.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.PMID:38564799 | DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000003055 (Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research)
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - April 2, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Loc-Uyen T Vo Luke Verlinsky Sohan Jakkaraju Ana S Guerra Boris A Zelle Source Type: research
Feasibility of Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring for Detection and Management of Maternal Hypertension in a predominantly Black, Rural and Medicaid Population in Mississippi
Conclusion: This study demonstrates the feasibility and acceptability of RPM for perinatal care in a vulnerable population. Positive outcomes were observed, including high patient satisfaction and no maternal or neonatal deaths. Further research should address patient engagement barriers and develop tailored protocols for improved clinical outcomes.PMID:38563767 | DOI:10.1089/tmj.2023.0426 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Yunxi Zhang Yueh-Yun Lin Lincy Lal J Michael Swint Tanya Tucker DeAngela M Ivory Ying Zhang Saurabh Chandra Charlene Collier Source Type: research
