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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundThe delivery of Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for obesity by primary care providers (PCPs) has been covered by Medicare to support elderly individuals with obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) in managing their weight since 2011 for individual therapy
Mounira Ozoor +4 more
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Children's Enrollment in Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Coverage During the Medicaid Unwinding. [PDF]
Health Serv ResObjective To examine changes in children's Medicaid and CHIP enrollment during the Families First Coronavirus Response Act unwinding and assess whether CHIP enrollment offsets Medicaid declines.
Eliason EL, Nelson DB, Vasan A.
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Do High Volume anti Dementia drug prescribing doctors bill Medicare for Care Plans? [PDF]
Innov AgingMedical providers can bill the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for dementia care plans under code 99483. Dementia care plans provide written information to help provide education and support to the patient and their care provider.
Michael Splaine, Kate Gordon
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PLoS ONESpatial access to care describes the ability of populations to travel to healthcare providers. Existing spatial access to care studies frequently utilize metrics constructed using car-specific travel to providers, potentially underestimating access in ...
R Blake Buchalter +4 more
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135. Association Between Implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sepsis Performance Measure (SEP-1) and Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021 Abstract Background In October 2015, CMS began requiring U.S. hospitals to report compliance with the Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1). We evaluated the impact of SEP-1 implementation on sepsis treatment patterns and outcomes using detailed clinical data from diverse ...
Rhee, Chanu +6 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Two category 5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, arrived in the Caribbean in September 2017 in rapid succession. On September 6, Irma devastated the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in the Virgin Islands of the United States (USVI).
Guillermo J. Avilés Mendoza +9 more
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Innovation in the U.S. Health Care System’s Organization and Delivery
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2022 Over the past decades, the U.S. has attempted a wide array of innovations in the areas of health care organization and delivery. Canadian policy makers may be interested in some of the successes and failures in the United States health care system.
Michael DiStefano +3 more
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The Role of Geography in the Assessment of Quality: Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The Affordable Care Act set in motion a renewed emphasis on quality of care evaluation. However, the evaluation strategies of quality by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services do not consider geography when comparisons are made among plans. Using
Rene Soria-Saucedo +4 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) to prevent against herpes zoster (HZ) and related complications in immunocompetent adults ≥50 y and immunocompromised adults ≥19 y. In 2019, a statistical
Cara B. Janusz +5 more
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Data on breastfeeding and state policies in the United States
Data in Brief, 2021 Breastfeeding is critically important to maternal and child health in the United States. Examining the relationship between breastfeeding outcomes and state policies requires multidisciplinary efforts to link data from various sources.
Chun Chen, Hong Xue, Qi Zhang
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