We develop a synthetic difference-in-differences statistical design to apply to experimental data for adult women living in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to estimate the impact of Medicaid managed care on various modes of medical care use. Because the outcomes of interest are utilization counts with ...
Before a state creates a state-based exchange, it must submit a declaration letter to convey its intentions to the center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The states with SBE include California, New York, Nevada, Connecticu...
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To examine the effect of Medicaid managed care (MMC) versus Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) on emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization during the first 6 and 12 months of life among low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. Methods We used the New York City Office of Vital Statistics—State...
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment SystemPAYMENT. December 2016. Available from: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/AcutePaymtSysfctsht.pdf. Accessed 8 Jan 2018. Cooper, Z....
MassHealth is Massachusetts' Medicaid program and provides free or low-cost health care to low- or middle-income Massachusetts residents. MassHealth also manages the Insurance Partnership, which helps small businesses provide low-cost health insurance to their employees; the Children's Medical Security ...
Legal permanent residents are also not eligible forallsocial programs. For example, since 1996, they have been ineligible to receive Medicaid benefits during their first five years in the United States, after which time their coverage is at the discretion of individual states. Similarly, legal perm...
STD vs STI - A look at the difference between the two terminologies - Sexually transmitted disease vs. sexually transmitted infection.
Numerous studies suggest that health literacy improves health outcomes at older ages. But how, and to what extent, health literacy contributes to improving financial outcomes has not been examined. This study proposed a conceptual framework to explain the mechanisms between health literacy and current ...