Dear John,

ICYMI, Elizabeth Van Nostrand of Temple University appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper exploring how Indiana adults participating in treatment court program tended to have better health outcomes than individuals who applied and were accepted but chose not to participate.

Today's Featured Articles

Improving Policy Evaluations Of The Opioid Crisis

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula et al.

Trends In The Availability Of Buprenorphine At US Retail Pharmacies, 2017–23

Jenny S. Guadamuz et al.

Key-Informant Perspectives On Pharmacy-Based Methadone Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder In The US

Maureen T. Stewart et al.

To learn more about this paper, check out a video abstract from author Maureen T. Stewart

The Supreme Court Upheld DSH Payment Restrictions: Another Challenge For Hospitals

Renée M. Landers

Ambient Documentation And The Dilemma Of Deskilling In Medical Education

Zachary Griffen and Kellie Owens

More on Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments

For Disproportionate-Share Hospitals, Taxes And Fees Curtail Medicaid Payments

Robert Nelb et al. (December 2016)

Variation And Changes In The Targeting Of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments

Paula Chatterjee et al. (December 2022)

Health Affairs Pathways: A Disproportionate Share: Meditations on Safety Net Hospitals & How We Pay For Them

January 2023

How Vaccination Shapes COVID-19 Costs in Medicaid

In an ahead-of-print paper released last week, Jamison Pike and coauthors compare acute and postacute medical spending by COVID-19 vaccination status for child and adult medicaid enrollees.

This paper will be featured in our October 2025 issue. Become a subscriber today for $192/yr. to never miss out on an upcoming issue.