The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent federal agency that advises Congress on Medicare, is considering a recommendation to establish national guidelines for hospital emergency ...
Refat Rasul Srejon, MPH, says reducing opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits among young adults requires strategies like medication-assisted treatment and targeted outreach. He discusses why ...
Medicaid is the largest payer of substance use disorder treatment in the US, 8 covering approximately 38 percent of nonelderly adults with OUD as of 2019. 9 The Substance Use Disorder Prevention that ...
Contrary to popular belief, reducing nonurgent visits to the emergency department — or visits deemed inappropriate for the ED — may not produce cost savings, according to a study in Annals of ...
This study examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on substance-associated emergency department (ED) visits among young adults, revealing reduced alcohol-associated visits but unchanged ...
The Massachusetts Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program launched the Flexible Services Program to address food insecurity through partnerships with social service organizations under its ...