📢 New Publication Alert! Our study analyzed AWVs among Medicare beneficiaries,58.6% were regular users, but disparities exist based on provider and clinic factors, particularly affecting older and disadvantaged populations. https://t.co/qCtx7QuijQ. @EFrechman@AmreshHanchate
We lack comprehensive, high-quality, patient-centered care for dually eligible individuals. In today's @TheHillOpinion I argue that we can and must do better. And there is no better time--w/ remarkable consensus across the country and the aisle that we should. Read more below
India's greatest cartoonist RK Laxman was born in Mysore. Like all cartoonists, he wasn't afraid to take on the establishment.
Here is a thread on some of his epic cartoons over the years ranging from Pandit Nehru to Sachin Tendulkar!
A Thread 🧵
Millions of kids rely on #WIC for access to healthy food. Congress must act now to fully #FundWIC and all ensure families have access to the resources they need to thrive. Take Action: https://t.co/T5zCocyPrs @MomsRising@ncchild
Today, @CFPB, @HHSGov, and @USTreasury released a request for information (RFI) on medical credit cards and related products:
A 🧵 on:
1. What are medical credit cards?
2. Why should we be concerned?
https://t.co/K5hBGKZ44N
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Based on 5-year follow-up covering over half of national Hispanic and Black population. Suggests that coverage expansion may not lead to increased ED use.
New paper!
Found no change in emergency department use following ACA Medicaid expansion among Black, Hispanic and White adults aged 26-64. Team: Braden Strackman, @MengYunLin1, @Lasser_karen, @MPOHealthLit, @meganbcole
https://t.co/eoXxHPdFz7
New today in @JAMAHealthForum, led by Sanjay Basu of @waymark_care and @lauragotmd.
We discuss issues around financing of health-care based interventions for social risks
https://t.co/3ZZgb6hgc2
Study to test a pharmacy liaison - patient navigator program to address #sdoh. As we are building this on the fly, important to publish studies not showing major impact. Need to better understand what population will benefit from higher touch interventions the most. @SIREN_UCSF
1/ Medical Debt- a holiday story
A few years ago, I found myself poring over a printout of ED frequent fliers with a PCP in Mississippi.
The office manager knew why they were going to the ED.
“They’re not going to show their faces here. They all owe us money.”