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Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) is the child health component of Medicaid. Federal statutes and regulations state that children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to EPSDT benefits and that States must cover a broad array of preventive and treatment services.
[12] [13] Softening the eligibility requirements for Medicaid was a central goal of the ACA, [14] forming a two-pronged policy along with subsidized private insurance via health insurance marketplaces to expand health insurance coverage in the U.S. [15] [7] [3] The Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA allowed states to lower the income ...
In April 2013, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology published a study that relied on Life Line Screening data from a population-based screening study of more than 3.6 million Americans. Results showed the prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) increased from 1 in 50 in the 40-to-50-year-old age group, to nearly 1 in 3 in the ...
The gap was filled by the Free Speech Coalition, which set up the Adult Production Health and Safety Services (APHSS) system, now known as Performer Availability Screening Services (PASS). [49] Since 2011, STI testing for straight pornographic performers is being monitored by them. [49] [50]
STI diagnostic tests are usually easily available in the developed world, but they are often unavailable in the developing world. [1] There is often shame and stigma associated with STIs. [1] In 2015, STIs other than HIV resulted in 108,000 deaths worldwide. [4] Globally, in 2015, about 1.1 billion people had STIs other than HIV/AIDS. [3]
[1] [2] Dual-eligibles make up 14% of Medicaid enrollment, yet they are responsible for approximately 36% of Medicaid expenditures. [3] Similarly, duals total 20% of Medicare enrollment, and spend 31% of Medicare dollars. [4] Dual-eligibles are often in poorer health and require more care compared with other Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. [5]
It was validated both at the hospital and the community level against the standard Denver Developmental Screening Test. [2] With a sensitivity of 66.7% and specificity of 78.8%, it can be used even by community level health worker for mass screening and takes around 5 minutes to complete. [2]
Speech Transmission Index (STI) is a measure of speech transmission quality. The absolute measurement of speech intelligibility is a complex science. The STI measures some physical characteristics of a transmission channel (a room, electro-acoustic equipment, telephone line, etc.), and expresses the ability of the channel to carry across the characteristics of a speech signal.