“Horror story” should spark state response, but does not amputations jumped 84 percent in decade leading up to the pandemic, jumped even more since
cases of diabetes-linked blindness, dialysis soar as well state refuses to fund evidence-based self-care programs proven to lower diabetes risks, which would save thousands of lives and billions of tax dollars
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UCLA-led Evaluation Shows Improved Outcomes for Medi-Cal Patients Under a Demonstration Program for Public Hospitals
An evaluation led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found a decreased use of emergency department visits and hospitalizations and slower growth in estimated Medi-Cal payments found in public hospitals compared with other hospitals
UH receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to research ‘Web of Well-Being’ where clinical case management will aim to reduce inequities for Medicaid population
Announcement that University Hospitals has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to research a model of long-term case management for Medicaid patients.
THE LANCET FEATURES HEALTH PEOPLE’S NEW DIABETES PREVENTION REPORT
The Online First edition of the upcoming April issue of The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, features an article on Health People’s new diabetes report, “Wasted Billions, Wasted Health.” (https://tinyurl.com/r4mcgrz)