The article discusses Ohio's expansion of its Medicaid for residents needing treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) making it possible for its 88 counties to use money to provide recovery services. Topics discussed include how the expansion frees some of the money for other services in the ...
eTable 2. Mean Age-Adjusted Cardiovascular Mortality Rates for 45-64 Year Old Residents (Deaths per 100 000 Residents per year) by Year. eTable 3. Interaction Between Expansion Status and Year. eTable 4. Pre-Medicaid Expansion Parallel Trends Assumption (2010-2013). eTable 5. Difference-...
The Medicaid program covers more than 60 million Americans nationwide, including one in three children, more than 8 million people with disabilities and nearly two out of three nursing home residents.1 Of the 60 million Americans covered by Medicaid are more than 9 million individuals whose primary...
Medicaid is the US health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. Medicaid is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by state and federal governments and managed by the states. People eligible for Medicaid are US citizens or legal permanent residents, includi...
States have releasedonline toolsto help local leaders and providers offer guidance on how to enroll. Texas, for example, created " ambassador" toolkits in Spanish and English, with social media graphics and flyers geared toward families and older residents on how to set up an online account to...
The validity of medicaid pharmacy claims for estimating drug use among elderly nursing home residents: The Oregon experience. This study compared computerized Medicaid pharmacy claims data for nursing home residents with chart data to establish how well the claims data identified ... DA Mckenzie,J ...
In hopes of improving care access, Ohio University partnered with Jackson Country Health Department to train community healthcare workers in several cities across Ohio. South Ohioan residents face challenges such as population age, resistance to seeking outside assistance, transportation,...
The referendum in Maine reflects a pushback by residents unhappy with GOP efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act, which calls for Medicaid expansion. Maine Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins has been one of a few Republicans to vote against efforts to repeal and replace ACA. ...
employer contributions towards pensions or other employee insurance funds are considered to be significantly disproportionate if the increase in the amount of employer contributions accrued to residents of a state exceeds 25% of the total increase in personal income in that state for the year involved...
such as nursing facility care. Residents of CCRCs or life care communities are required to spend their resources, declared when applying for admission, on their care before they apply for Medicaid. Federal Medicaid law requires states to consider certain entrance fees for CCRCs or life care commu...