Guideline-concordant surveillance and follow-up care among low-income patients with breast cancer: The role of primary care medical homes 171 Background: Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) initiated an innovative medical home (MH) program in the 1990s to improve primary care in Medicaid-.....
Income limits are guided by Federal Poverty Level Standards as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, and asset limits are derived from federal Medicare Low-Income Subsidy asset limits. These numbers are not straightforward; eligibility standards are determined by each state and ...
Since 1965, it has provided essential coverage to millions of low-income individuals and families. Alongside Medicare, Medicaid serves as a lifeline for those who may otherwise struggle to afford health care services. Though Medicaid exists to help those who need it, navigating the specifics of ...
Sampling for both types of telephone line divided the 120 Kentucky counties into 8 different strata based on the percentage of households with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level. We oversampled from low-income strata to ensure sufficient sampling of Medicaid-eligible participants. We ...
Effects of Community factors on Access to Ambulatory Care for lower-income adults in large Urban communities. INQUIRY: J Health Care Organ Provis Financing. 2004;41(1):39–56. Article Google Scholar Behr CL, Hull P, Hsu J, Newhouse JP, Fung V. Geographic access to federally qualified ...
To adjust for other factors associated with the primary outcome, the covariates sex, age at last visit during continuous enrollment, federal poverty level (FPL) percentage of income, state of residence, and the number of encounters (divided into quartiles) during continuous enrollment were included...
Medicaid programs are vital to ensure low-income individuals have access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. However, shifts in Medicaid policies may alter coverage and SUD care for this population, who already face difficulties receiving high-quality SUD treatment. Using a policy implementation...
Is Medical Home Enrollment Associated With Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Follow-up Care Among Low-Income Breast Cancer Survivors? Background: Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) initiated an innovative medical home program in the 1990s to improve primary care in Medicaid-insured p... SB Whee...
The low-income Medicaid population may face challenges that are different from those that are commercially insured. Due to the public health risks that arise from antibiotic resistance [1,6], and other adverse health outcomes associated with unnecessary exposure to antibiotics [24], it is ...