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Effect of Rescue Inhaler Dose Counters on ER Utilization, Asthma Admissions and Health Care Claims Costs in a Population of Children in Medicaid Managed Care
The effect of dose counter on rescue inhalers has not been studied in Medicaid children
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Barry S. Lachman Source Type: research

The Current State of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe aim of this study is to examine the current state of the field of antimicrobial stewardship (AS) by highlighting key challenges and successes, as well as exciting future directions.Recent FindingsAS mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Joint Commission (TJC) will stimulate increased compliance with current AS standards, but overall compliance is currently poor. Key challenges to progress in the field of AS include insufficient workforce and monetary resources, poorly defined AS metrics, and much needed expansion beyond the inpatient hospital setting. Despite these c...
Source: Current Infectious Disease Reports - June 29, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Increased Coverage in States With Medicaid Expansion
Most low - income non - elderly adults in non - expansion state of Kansas support expanding Medicaid
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 11, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

Analyzing Medicare payments to otologists.
Abstract The study objective was to analyze Medicare payment data to otologists compared to otolaryngologists, using the publicly released Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services dataset. Charges, payments, and common Current Procedural Terminology codes were obtained. Otology providers were selected from the roster of the American Otological Society. Descriptive statistics and unequal variance two-tailed t tests were used for comparisons between otologists (n = 147) and otolaryngologists (n = 8,318). The mean overall submitted charge was $204,851 per otology provider and was $211,209 per other otolaryngology p...
Source: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal - July 1, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Imbery TE, Nicholas BD, Goyal P Tags: Ear Nose Throat J Source Type: research

AMA Proposes Policy Opposing Medicaid ‘ Lockout ’ Provisions
Policy supports allowing patients to reapply immediately for redetermination
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

Medicaid Work Requirements Don ’ t Impact Many Enrollees
Further, cost savings achieved with their implementation would likely be minimal
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

In 2016, Proportion of Uninsured Americans Down to 10 Percent
Larger reductions in uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states, from 15.3 to 7.6 percent
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - September 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

The Current State of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe aim of this study is to examine the current state of the field of antimicrobial stewardship (AS) by highlighting key challenges and successes, as well as exciting future directions.Recent FindingsAS mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Joint Commission (TJC) will stimulate increased compliance with current AS standards, but overall compliance is currently poor. Key challenges to progress in the field of AS include insufficient workforce and monetary resources, poorly defined AS metrics, and much needed expansion beyond the inpatient hospital setting. Despite these c...
Source: Current Infectious Disease Reports - June 29, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Patients Forgo Medical Care
Seventeen states have not expanded Medicaid, and expansion is an election issue in several states
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - November 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

Medicaid Expansion Approved in Three Republican - Leaning States
Voters supported expansion in Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 11, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

Factors associated with the initiation of biologic drugs in medicaid patients with severe uncontrolled asthma
Severe Uncontrolled asthma is associated with high health care costs, yet guidance is lacking on how early to initiate biologic drugs. Few studies have examined the factors associated with the transition from nonbiologic drugs to biologics.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 1, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: D. Bukstein Tags: P404 Source Type: research

What Are The Potential Complications of a Tracheostomy?
Discussion In the past, indications for tracheostomy were often because of infection, but today are more often due to need for chronic airway support and/or ventilation. Many more children and infants are having tracheostomies placed. Decannulation rates for these children are low due to concomitant complex chronic disease such as neurological, pulmonary and congenital heart diseases. Co-morbidies are common with 3-4 being average, and frequently also including chronic technology such as gastrostomy tubes or ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Approximately 8% of children do not survive the hospitalization where the tracheostomy ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 7, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Trump Wants to End HIV Within 10 Years. Here ’s What That Would Take, According to Experts
About 1.1 million Americans currently live with HIV, and approximately 40,000 are infected each year, according to federal data. But in his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump promised to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years” — a plan that hinges on a multi-agency push for better diagnosis, treatment and prevention in at-risk communities, health officials said Wednesday. Trump introduced the plan during his annual address on Tuesday but offered few details. Health officials fleshed out the plan during a call with reporters on Wednesday. The initiative will be ove...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime HIV/AIDS onetime Source Type: news

The impact of race and insurance status on baseline histopathology profile in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis
ConclusionBlack and Medicaid patients demonstrated more severe disease by histopathology and SNOT ‐22 scores. These findings were no longer significant among Black patients after adjusting for insurance status, suggesting that the prevailing factor influencing worse disease may be access to care.
Source: International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology - February 12, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Hannah N. Kuhar, Ashwin Ganti, Michael Eggerstedt, Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, Paolo Gattuso, Ritu Ghai, Pete S. Batra, Bobby A. Tajudeen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research