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Friday, October 30, 2020
TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

Accelerating Science-Driven Reimbursement For Digital Therapeutics In State Medicaid Programs
By Andrey Ostrovsky and Morgan Simko

Digital therapeutics have particular potential value for Medicaid patients. Yet the very technologies that may be able to help Medicaid beneficiaries achieve better health in times of COVID-19 and beyond cannot reach those patients because Medicaid benefit coverage processes in most states are nebulous and driven more by consultant relationships than by evidence. Read More >>


FOLLOWING THE ACA

New COVID-19 Rule Addresses Coverage, Medicaid Waivers
By Katie Keith

A new federal interim final rule with comment period addresses coverage policies for a not-yet-developed COVID-19 vaccine and offers an option for states to request modifications to public comment requirements for state innovation waivers. Read More >>


ACCESS TO CARE

Will Connectivity Be The Next Cure? Health Care Implications Of 5G Cellular Technologies
By Faiz Gani

The potential implications of 5G cellular technology within health care remain unexplored. Targeted policies aiming to facilitate safe and equal access to technologies leveraging 5G will be pivotal to the success of these technologies in improving quality and access to care.
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IN THE JOURNAL

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Economy-Sensitive Conditions: Are Some Pediatric Hospitalizations Triggered By Economic Recessions?
By Jeffrey D. Colvin, Troy Richardson, Donna K. Ginther, Matt Hall, and Paul J. Chung

Jeffrey Colvin and colleagues examine associations between county-level unemployment and pediatric hospitalizations in fourteen states every third year from 2002 to 2014. Read More >>
HOT ARTICLES IN OCTOBER

Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Children’s Neighborhoods: Evidence From The New Child Opportunity Index 2.0
By Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Clemens Noelke, Nancy McArdle, Nomi Sofer, Erin F. Hardy, Michelle Weiner, Mikyung Baek, Nick Huntington, Rebecca Huber, and Jason Reece


Principles And Policies To Strengthen Child And Adolescent Health And Well-Being
By James M. Perrin, Greg Duncan, Angela Diaz, and Kelly Kelleher


Spreading Fear: The Announcement Of The Public Charge Rule Reduced Enrollment In Child Safety-Net Programs
By Jeremy Barofsky, Ariadna Vargas, Dinardo Rodriguez, and Anthony Barrows


Children And The Opioid Epidemic: Age-Stratified Exposures And Harms
By Kelby W. Brown, Kayla Carlisle, Sudha R. Raman, Peter Shrader, Megan Jiao, Michael J. Smith, Lisa M. Einhorn, and Charlene A. Wong


Measuring Equity From The Start: Disparities In The Health Development Of US Kindergartners
By Neal Halfon, Efren Aguilar, Lisa Stanley, Emily Hotez, Eryn Block, and Magdalena Janus

A CLOSER LOOK—Cannabis Patients

Use of medicinal marijuana is becoming more common. With nearly 200,000 projected future patients in the state of New Jersey alone, the medicinal marijuana patient population will be an increasingly important segment of the health care system. In 2019, Shereef M. Elnahal and Jeff Brown wrote on the blog, “To fulfill their mission, health care facilities should better accommodate cannabis patients.”

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