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September 10, 2021
Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program
Zamir M. Brown Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month, Services
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June 29, 2021
Children’s Health Under Medicaid A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young, Zamir M. Brown, Sarah Somers, and Jane Perkins Manual/Report
The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment program requires each state to complete a reporting form provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This form, known as the Form CMS-416, measures the states’ efforts to ensure that…
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May 6, 2021
Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future
Zamir M. Brown Coronavirus, Health Equity, Homepage
This article was originally published by The Network for Public Health Law.On January 31, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), freeing additional funds, resources, and personnel to respond to the crisis across the United States. Unfortunately, by the time of the declaration, it was already…
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October 5, 2020
Health Equity Blog Series Summary
Zamir M. Brown california, Coronavirus, Disability, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
Respectfully, how can we, as a nation, comfortably call ourselves the United States of America when our history and current practices demonstrate otherwise? If we want to be honest with ourselves, there is a long list of words of discordance that might be more accurate.Ableist. Ageist. Bigoted. Discriminatory. Elitist. Exclusionist. Exploitative.…
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June 16, 2020
Rural North Carolina Remains Vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic
Zamir M. Brown Coronavirus
In North Carolina, a dreadful headline met our eyes and dealt yet another devastating blow to our already battered hearts, “Child dies of coronavirus, becoming the first pediatric death in North Carolina.” Aurea Soto Morales died June 1, 2020, due to COVID-19 associated complications – she was 8-years-old. She…
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April 30, 2020
Can Coronavirus (COVID-19) be the Tipping Point for Health Equity?
Zamir M. Brown Coronavirus
If the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taught us one thing already, it is that we are not all the same. It is not genetics, religion, or political affiliation that separates us, but rather the social and physical context in which we live. Despite the pandemic’s creation of a sense…
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Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program

Children’s Health Under Medicaid A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015 – 2019

Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future

Health Equity Blog Series Summary

Rural North Carolina Remains Vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic

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Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program

Children’s Health Under Medicaid A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015 – 2019

Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future

Health Equity Blog Series Summary

Rural North Carolina Remains Vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic

Can Coronavirus (COVID-19) be the Tipping Point for Health Equity?