Aurora-based health system University of Colorado Health has agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations it used automatic coding for emergency department visits to fraudulently bill a pair of ...

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 ...

Rural emergency departments experienced a rapid increase in use between 2005 and 2016, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of ED visit ...

Efforts to reduce emergency department visits associated with adverse drug events should focus on psychiatric medications, which are top offenders when it comes to root causes of ED visits, according ...

Emergency department (ED) visits for cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) increased from 4.36 to 22.33 per 100,000 visits between 2016 and 2022, peaking at 33.06 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Massachusetts Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program launched the Flexible Services Program to address food insecurity through partnerships with social service organizations under its ...

Virtual primary care visits were associated with a 49% higher risk for emergency department (ED) visits in children aged 3 months to 2 years and 19% higher risk in those aged 2-17 years than in-person ...