OpenHealthDataHub

Ask plain-English questions about US health data. AI queries 240M+ Medicaid, Medicare & CDC records for real answers. A project by @cwhogg

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67.6% of women with hidden high triglycerides also have low HDL — and their cholesterol panel said "normal."

High Triglycerides Are Hiding Behind Normal Cholesterol Panels

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27.9 million Americans have been told their cholesterol is normal. 11.4% of them have fasting triglycerides at or above 150 mg/dL — a cardiovascular risk factor their standard panel didn't flag.

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Difficulty concentrating among adults 25–44 rose from 9.96% to 15.3% in a decade — while serious walking difficulty fell.

The Disability Surge Is Concentrated in One Age Group

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Among adults aged 35–44 who are unable to work, 78.5% report a disability — nearly four times the rate of employed adults in the adjacent age group. This is the highest disability rate of any employment category in the 25–44 range.

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One eye drug out-earned all of psychiatry 3-to-1 in Medicare payments.

Ophthalmology Swallowed More Medicare Dollars Than All of Psychiatry

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A single eye injection drug (aflibercept) collected $2.35 billion from Medicare in 2023 — more than 3x what all of psychiatry received in 2022. That's 32% of all ophthalmology payments, from one drug.

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Maryland billed $70.8M in opioid treatment from just 1M claims. California needed 8.4M claims to reach $145M.

Medicaid's Addiction Treatment Billing Tripled and Stayed Uneven

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A single county counseling center in Portsmouth, Ohio billed $104 million in Medicaid intensive outpatient services alone — more than most states spend on addiction treatment in a year.

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Only 3 U.S. jurisdictions fall below 1 psychiatrist per 100,000 clinicians, and all three are territories.

The ZIP Codes Where No Specialist Exists Within the Directory

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Guam has exactly 1 psychiatrist listed in the Medicare directory out of 1,478,578 total clinicians. Wyoming, the lowest-ranked U.S. state, has 44 — 42 times the rate.

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A drug with 521 remaining Medicare claims now costs $1,068.88 per claim — up from $42.12 in 2013.

The Drug That Went From $200 to $2,000 Per Claim in a Decade

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Meperidine HCl had 13,593 Medicare claims in 2013 and just 521 in 2023. Over that same period, cost per claim grew from $42.12 to $1,068.88. Demand collapsed. Prices did not.

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New Mexico Medicare patients pay 29.6% of their joint replacement costs out of pocket — double California's 14.9% share.

Knee and Hip Replacement Costs Vary by 80% Across States

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Medicare pays 2.49x more per knee or hip replacement in Maryland ($23,530) than in the lowest-cost states. A decade of bundled payment reform hasn't narrowed the gap — the coefficient of variation actually grew from 25.1% to 28.0% between 2013 and 2023.

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59.7% of normal-weight 60+ adults have high cholesterol — nearly matching the obese rate.

The Cholesterol Paradox: Normal BMI, Dangerous Lipids

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Normal-weight adults aged 60+ have a 59.7% high cholesterol rate — just 4.7 percentage points below obese adults the same age. BMI has nearly stopped predicting lipid risk by the time patients reach their 60s.

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Retired adults report poor mental health at half the rate of employed workers — 15.0% vs. 26.8% hit the 14-day threshold.

Retired Americans Report Better Mental Health Than Employed Ones

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Retired Americans report 44% fewer poor mental health days per month than employed workers (2.55 vs. 3.67), and only 15% hit the 14-day distress threshold compared to 27% of employed adults.

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Medicare wound care payments hit $699M in 2023, up 53% from 2013, with one provider billing $18.5M in a single year.

Wound Care Became a $10 Billion Medicare Billing Magnet

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A single nurse practitioner in West Palm Beach billed Medicare $18.5 million in one year using just 4 wound care codes. The 20th-ranked provider nationally collected $6 million across 4 years.