A new study led by
Renu Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, and published in the journal
Psychiatric Services, found expanding Medicaid to more low-income adults helped many of them feel healthier, and do a better job at work or a job search, in just one year after they got their new health coverage.
But people with behavioral health conditions, including mental health disorders such as depression or addiction to alcohol or drugs, got an especially big boost in many health and work-related measures, the study shows.
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New study find expanding Medicaid means health problems get found and health improves
Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.
And whether it was a newly found condition or one they'd known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more. Nearly as many said their mental health had improved.
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Traditional Medicare spends much more on post-hospital care for people in their 60s than private insurance. But the additional spending doesn't keep patients from ending up back in the hospital, finds a new study led by
Scott Regenbogen, M.D., M.P.H., which used data from hospitals in the statewide Michigan Value Collaborative.
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A study of Medicare HMO participants whose insurance covers part of hearing aid cost reveals disparities in use and difference in incidence of major conditions after three years. The study was led by
Elham Mahmoudi, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.
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A new study led by
Sean Esteban McCabe, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A., shows that the frequency and age at which older teens and young adults misuse prescription drugs are two predictors of substance use disorders later in life, especially alcohol misuse.
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Geoff Barnes, M.D., M.Sc., is a cardiologist and a vascular medicine specialist at Michigan Medicine, and a health services researcher who is passionate about improving the safety of medication care.
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"We know that medication-based treatment is effective for people with an opioid use disorder, even in reducing mortality, but many people do not receive these treatments. Much of the barrier lies in access and limited numbers of trained providers, but the picture is also more complex. It is critical to understand how addiction treatment is delivered in the U.S. in order to improve it."
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Opioid Summit on October 10
This event will be live streamed
8:30 a.m.
--- 5:30 p.m.
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
The second of two University of Michigan/Harvard University summits to address the opioid crisis invites participants to register for the event, which is free and open to the public.
Videos, summary articles, and visual abstracts from the first summit,
Opioids: Policy to Practice, held on May 10, 2019, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, are available online.
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THUR
10/10
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9:00 a.m.
--- 1:00 p.m.
W Hotel Washington
515 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
A panel of experts, including U-M Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director, CDC-funded University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center,
Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., will participate in a forum and present research findings around violence and health. Cunningham will present "Federal Funding For Research On The Leading Causes Of Death Among Children And Adolescents."
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TUE
11/19
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1:00
--- 4:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel Lansing
111 N Grand Ave
Lansing, MI 48933
A panel of experts, including
Jeff Kullgren, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.,
U-M
Assistant Professor of internal medicine and Associate Director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging, will describe how an aging Michigan will create new stresses on healthcare delivery systems, and will discuss innovations that are emerging to meet the growing need.
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