Adam Beckman, MD
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Helping strengthen primary care & public health. Resident physician, previously special advisor to the 21st U.S. Surgeon General, views mine
Reposted by Adam Beckman, MD
Taken together, the comprehensive CMS payments MA plans get to care for vets (especially those who get little to no medical care paid by MA) are simply not justified by the “extra” MA supplemental benefits.
Urgent need for VA and CMS to fix this inefficiency to tune of $BILLIONS per year.
Urgent need for VA and CMS to fix this inefficiency to tune of $BILLIONS per year.
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Taken together, the comprehensive CMS payments MA plans get to care for vets (especially those who get little to no medical care paid by MA) are simply not justified by the “extra” MA supplemental benefits.
Urgent need for VA and CMS to fix this inefficiency to tune of $BILLIONS per year.
Urgent need for VA and CMS to fix this inefficiency to tune of $BILLIONS per year.
Reposted by Adam Beckman, MD
Using national survey data, we find:
1. No significant differences in total utilization or spending of dental & vision services between vets in MA vs TM.
2. MA plans only spend ~$82 per veteran enrollee on dental care and ~$6 more on vision aids than what TM vets get.
1. No significant differences in total utilization or spending of dental & vision services between vets in MA vs TM.
2. MA plans only spend ~$82 per veteran enrollee on dental care and ~$6 more on vision aids than what TM vets get.
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Using national survey data, we find:
1. No significant differences in total utilization or spending of dental & vision services between vets in MA vs TM.
2. MA plans only spend ~$82 per veteran enrollee on dental care and ~$6 more on vision aids than what TM vets get.
1. No significant differences in total utilization or spending of dental & vision services between vets in MA vs TM.
2. MA plans only spend ~$82 per veteran enrollee on dental care and ~$6 more on vision aids than what TM vets get.
2/ And we know from other medications, including naloxone to reduce opioid overdose deaths, that statewide pharmacy standing orders work to help people get the medicine they need.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Pharmacy Naloxone Standing Order and Community Opioid Fatality Rates Over Time
This cross-sectional study examines whether implementation of pharmacy naloxone standing order dispensing was associated with lower community-level opioid fatality rates in Massachusetts.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
2/ And we know from other medications, including naloxone to reduce opioid overdose deaths, that statewide pharmacy standing orders work to help people get the medicine they need.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...