CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of babies born dependent on drugs, will now offer Medicaid coverage to treat those babies. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved treatment services in the state for newborns enduring the torme...
D., Makela, E. H. & Moeller, K. E. (2003) Analysis of West Virginia Medicaid claims data for the prevalence of medical conditions and use of drugs likely to cause QT prolongation in patients with schizophrenia. Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental, 64, 538-550....
West Virginia will take its fight over whether its Medicaid program must cover gender-affirming surgeries to the Supreme Court, the state’s Republican attorney general announced Thursday. “Once again, the state of West Virginia is going to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Attorney GeneralP...
Asthma-related healthcare services utilization by African–Americans enrolled in West Virginia Medicaid Over the past 25 years, African–Americans have experienced higher rates of emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and death due to asthma com......
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Using the results of a survey of the West Virginia members, the authors explore the public policy and implementation factors of this program. We argue that initial policy design relied on existing implementation mechanisms, while it needed specific tactics to address the novelty of the choice ...
West Virginia undergoes changes throughout its Medicaid program in a 4-year overhaul. (cover story)Reports on the changes in the Medicaid program of West Virginia which will offer fewer benefits for parents and children enrolled in the program. Goals of the state's waiver proposal that was ...
WEST VirginiaDRUG utilizationOUTPATIENT medical careMEDICAIDMENTAL health servicesSELF-poisoningMENTAL health counselingJournal of General Internal Medicine -doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4817-8Koyawala, NeelLandis, RachelBarry, Colleen L.Stein, Bradley D....
Medicaid spending plays role in larger West Virginia budgetCharleston
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