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April 17, 2019 In a sense, it seems as though adoption of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 by healthcare organizations in the United States happened only yesterday. In fact, implementation did take place relatively recently (October 1, 2015)—even though the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the code set in 1900, the U.S. began using it for mortality reporting in 1999, and the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) initially recommended that it be adopted in 2003.  In…

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April 10, 2019 Did Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have any impact on public health, and if so, what was it? Data are beginning to accrue that yes, this provision of the ACA, which led to a sizable increase in health insurance coverage for non-elderly adults in the United States, benefited low income populations. Counties in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA experienced fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease annually than areas that opted out of Medicaid…

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