Day: December 5, 2014

Healthcare Triage News: Good News! Smoking is on the Decline, and You Don’t Need that Vitamin D Test!

Aaron Carroll December 5, 2014

Smoking prevalence is way down in the US, and you likely don’t need to be screened about Vitamin D deficiency. It’s good news all around

Disclosing drug and alcohol related data

Austin Frakt December 5, 2014

I’ve heard from trustworthy sources that in its Medicare and Medicaid research data files, CMS is no longer including claims for patients with certain alcohol

Medicaid’s return on investment

Austin Frakt December 5, 2014

It’s time to face the fact that I’m not going to be able read, let alone write a full post on every interesting looking paper

Day: December 5, 2014

Healthcare Triage News: Good News! Smoking is on the Decline, and You Don’t Need that Vitamin D Test!

Disclosing drug and alcohol related data

Medicaid’s return on investment

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