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2. WHO'S DROPPING THE BALL: HOW LACK OF REQUIRED COMMUNICATION OF TEST RESULTS HARMS PATIENTS AND HOW SCRIBES CAN HELP.

Author

Verga, Brittany

Subjects
*MEDICAL errors, *HOSPITALS, *PHYSICIAN-patient relations, *ELECTRONIC health records, *MEDICAL screening
Abstract

The article discusses the issues concerning diagnostic and communication errors which continue to occur in hospitals despite existing law, accreditation requirements, and the increasing use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in the U.S. According to the author, some physicians miss life-threatening test results, while others miss critical, but non-emergent test results, such as positive cancer screenings.

Published
2014

3. INSURANCE COVERAGE. The ACA’s Pediatric Essential Health Benefit Has Resulted In A State-By-State Patchwork Of Coverage With Exclusions.

Author

Grace, Aimee M., Noonan, Kathleen G., Cheng, Tina L., Miller, Dorothy, Verga, Brittany, Rubin, David, and Rosenbaum, Sara

Subjects
*INSURANCE statistics, *INSURANCE, *ANALYSIS of variance, *BENCHMARKING (Management), *CHILD health services, *RESEARCH methodology, *PEDIATRICS, *RESEARCH funding, *STATE governments, *ELIGIBILITY (Social aspects), *GOVERNMENT regulation, *AT-risk people, PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act
Abstract

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes essential health benefits as the coverage standard for health plans sold in the individual and small-group markets for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, including the health insurance Marketplaces. “Pediatric services” is one of the required classes of coverage under the ACA. However, other than oral health and vision care, neither the act nor the regulations for implementing it define what these services should be. We investigated how state benchmark plans—the base plan chosen in each state as the standard or benchmark of coverage in that state under ACA rules—address pediatric coverage in plans governed by the essential health benefits standard. Our review of summaries of all the state benchmark plans found that no state specified a distinct pediatric services benefit class. Furthermore, although benchmark plans explicitly included multiple pediatric conditions, many plans also specifically excluded services for children with special health care needs. The Department of Health and Human Services has made a commitment in the essential health benefits regulations to review its approach for the 2016 plan year. Thus, our findings have implications for future regulations regarding the essential health benefits standard for pediatric services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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