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Telemedicine Use In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
In response to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) significantly expanded Medicare's telemedicine coverage.
Sanuja Bose and coauthors explore the relationship between telemedicine
use and the Area Deprivation Index
,
a composite sociodemographic measure of a neighborhood.
The authors find that as telemedicine use increased, the highest odds of
use were seen for people living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
"These findings were surprising, as prior studies have reported a
consistent inverse association of socioeconomic status with telemedicine
use during the COVID-19 pandemic," the authors report.
By using national Medicare claims data to assess these trends, Bose and
coauthors showed that CMS was successful in reaching people in the most
disadvantaged US neighborhoods with its telemedicine coverage waiver, at
least among Medicare beneficiaries.
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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Ashlei Spivey and Elizabeth
Barajas-Román discuss the need for investments in doulas
in order to improve Black and Brown maternal health in the US.
The authors reflect on research showing that doula-assisted mothers were
four times less likely to have a low birthweight baby and two times less
likely to experience a birth complication involving themselves or their
baby.
Rachel Sachs reviews the key similarities and differences between two
different bills on the Food and Drug Administration user fee
reauthorization
and considers the implications of each.
David Rubin and coauthors discuss the benefits of permanently funding
the Children's Health Insurance Program
,
which would provide stability to families in need.
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Medicare Beneficiaries In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Increased
Telemedicine Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Sanuja Bose et al.
Prioritize Doulas In Black And Brown Communities
Ashlei Spivey and Elizabeth Barajas-Román
FDA User Fee Reauthorization Bills Emerge In Both Chambers
Rachel Sachs
Regaining Momentum Toward Permanently Funding The Children's Health
Insurance Program
David Rubin et al.
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