This study compares alternative approaches to providing community-based long-term care to low-income Medicaid eligible elders in California and Texas, two states with large Mexican-origin populations. As smaller families, the migration of children away from their parent's communities, the need for ...
Another significant application of EVV software is its role in compliance with regulatory requirements. Many states have mandated the use of EVV systems to ensure that healthcare providers adhere to federal guidelines, particularly in delivering Medicaid-funded services. By automating the verification pr...
Norpel was the household breadwinner, which allowed her husband to care for their kids. The family has been living on income from a long-term disability policy, a vestige of her old job; the funds replace just a third of her prior pay. Norpel's husband must now juggle caretaking duties...
(1) a commitment to long term surveillance and care to examine the health impacts of climate change over their life course; (2) an emphasis on interventions using implementation science frameworks; (3) the employment of a transdisciplinary approach to study, address, and intervene on structural ...
Application of medical ethics is far removed from evidence-based science. Reaching and acting on an ‘answer’ may engender annoyance at best and outrage at worst. Table 1. Ethical stresses in nephrology Patient selection for/exclusion from long-term renal replacement therapy Who decides not to ...
TexasMedicaidProvision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) after delivery and prior to discharge is safe and advantageous, yet few Texas hospitals offer this service. Our study describes experiences of Texas hospitals that implemented immediate postpartum LARC (IPLARC) programs, in order to...
Methods Texas Medicaid prescription claims data (January 2006 to December 2008) were analyzed for patients with ICD-9CM codes for schizophrenia (295.xx). Records were assessed for a period of 18 months (6-month pre-index period with no antipsychotics plus 12-month post-index period). A ...
These data were used to examine the long-term effects of participation in Pasos Adelante in three ways. First, the behavioral and clinical outcomes of Pasos participants were compared to all other community members in the survey. This initial examination is particularly susceptible to selection bias...