Pausing Medicaid eligibility determinations during COVID-19 pandemic linked to increased risk for having no prescriptions and cash-pay prescriptions
Rate of severe maternal morbidity 292.1 per 10,000 live births among those with OUD, with variation seen across states
No significant benefits seen for most measures of utilization, quality, outcomes
No significant benefits seen for most measures of utilization, quality, outcomes
Changes are happening now because a prohibition on removing Medicaid coverage during the pandemic has now been lifted
States are now reevaluating Medicaid eligibility after having been prohibited from dropping people during the early years of the pandemic
State-to-national Medicaid indices for psychiatrists' mental health services varied from 0.46 to 2.34 in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, respectively
By summer, all federal prisons will offer medications to treat substance use disorder
Care would begin 90 days before someone is scheduled to be released, offering supports that do not currently exist
However, overall, mental health visits were down at federally qualified health centers during the pandemic