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Long-Term Implications Of A Short-Term Policy: Redacting Substance Abuse Data.

Austin AM, Bynum JPW, Maust DT, Gottlieb DJ, Meara E. Long-Term Implications Of A Short-Term Policy: Redacting Substance Abuse Data. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2018 Jun 1; 37(6):975-979.

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Abstract:

From 2013 to 2017 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services redacted Medicare claims that included diagnosis or procedure codes related to substance abuse. The redaction policy was in effect as the Affordable Care Act and the opioid epidemic changed the health care landscape. The policy substantially altered prevalence estimates of common chronic conditions that co-occur with substance abuse.




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