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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

Study aims to achieve earlier diagnosis of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis in minority populations

Researchers at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with Columbia University Irving Medical Center, are leading a national, multi-site study aimed to achieve earlier diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.

4 Sep 2019

A young woman, a wheelchair and the fight to take her place at Stanford

Sylvia Colt-Lacayo is 18, fresh-faced and hopeful, as she beams confidence from her power wheelchair. Her long dark hair is soft and carefully tended, and her wide brown eyes are bright.

4 Sep 2019

Medical imaging rates continue to increase despite broad campaign to reduce their use

Despite a broad campaign among physician groups to reduce the amount of imaging in medicine, the rates of use of CT, MRI and other scans have continued to increase in both the U.S. and Ontario, Canada, according to a new study of more than 135 million imaging exams conducted by researchers at UC Davis, UC San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente.

4 Sep 2019

Trump promises ‘phenomenal’ health plan. What might that mean?

While many Capitol Hill Republicans want to avoid a repeat of the Affordable Care Act repeal debate, President Donald Trump keeps promising a health plan that will be "phenomenal" and make the GOP "the party of health care."

4 Sep 2019

New $3.75 million grant to support second phase of Indiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

With the receipt this summer of an additional $3.75 million for a total of $7.2 million of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding since 2015, the Indiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, led by Regenstrief Institute research scientist Debra Litzelman, M.A., M.D., is launching its second phase, known as GWEP 2.0.

4 Sep 2019

Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney failure.

3 Sep 2019

An overview about emerging prevalence of post opioid-overdose interventions in the U.S.

Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant risk factor for a subsequent fatal overdose.

30 Aug 2019

How and when immigrants’ use of government benefits might affect their legal status

A new rule to restrict legal immigration, published by the Trump administration this month, is sowing confusion and anxiety even among immigrants not directly affected by it, as fear spreads faster than facts, immigration and health policy experts say.

27 Aug 2019

Study finds increase in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants after Medicaid expansion

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated with dialysis, reports a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine from researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel.

20 Aug 2019

As states strive to stabilize insurance marketplaces, insurers return

Felicia Morrison is eager to find a health plan for next year that costs less than the one she has and covers more of the medical services she needs for her chronic autoimmune disease.

14 Aug 2019

Dementia care program improves psychological health of patients and caregivers

UCLA-led research finds that a comprehensive dementia care program staffed by nurse practitioners working within a health system improves the mental and emotional health of patients and their caregivers.

14 Aug 2019

Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs

Five years after Congress passed a law to reduce unnecessary MRIs, CT scans and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests that could harm patients and waste money, federal officials have yet to implement it.

14 Aug 2019

Charity care spending by hospitals plunges

California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income patients since the Affordable Care Act took effect.

13 Aug 2019

Class-action lawsuit seeks to let Medicare patients appeal gap in nursing home coverage

Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at home to recover.

12 Aug 2019

Research offers new approach to change healthcare spending paradigm

More than a trillion dollars was spent on healthcare in the United States in 2018, with Medicare and Medicaid accounting for some 37% of those expenditures.

9 Aug 2019

New CMS rule will raise reimbursements for novel antibiotics

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule for the coming fiscal year will raise reimbursements for novel antibiotics, a meaningful step in confronting the threat of infections resistant to older medicines.

7 Aug 2019

Medicaid News and Research

Study aims to achieve earlier diagnosis of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis in minority populations

A young woman, a wheelchair and the fight to take her place at Stanford

Medical imaging rates continue to increase despite broad campaign to reduce their use

Trump promises ‘phenomenal’ health plan. What might that mean?

New $3.75 million grant to support second phase of Indiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

An overview about emerging prevalence of post opioid-overdose interventions in the U.S.

How and when immigrants’ use of government benefits might affect their legal status

Study finds increase in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants after Medicaid expansion

As states strive to stabilize insurance marketplaces, insurers return

Dementia care program improves psychological health of patients and caregivers

Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs

Charity care spending by hospitals plunges

Class-action lawsuit seeks to let Medicare patients appeal gap in nursing home coverage

Research offers new approach to change healthcare spending paradigm

New CMS rule will raise reimbursements for novel antibiotics

Doctors argue plans to remedy surprise medical bills will ‘shred’ the safety net

Most older people with advancing dementia remain at home, despite pain and poor health

UIC Nursing and Erie partner on $3.3 million grant to improve health care in underserved communities

Drugmakers now ‘masters’ at rolling out their own generics to stifle competition

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