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 ...
Medical Home and Specialty Care Connection (MHSCC) program initiative can serve as a blueprint for providers looking to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Among 62 million emergency department (ED) visits across 12 US jurisdictions from 2022 to 2024, more than 4 million were related to mental health. The rates declined to 6107 per 100,000 ED visits in ...