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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Gary G.
dc.contributor.authorSteinberg, Dori M.
dc.contributor.authorPagoto, Sherry L.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:34.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:59:30Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:59:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-01
dc.date.submitted2016-05-09
dc.identifier.citationAm J Med. 2015 Jul;128(7):670-1. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.026. Epub 2015 Feb 16. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.026">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0002-9343 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.026
dc.identifier.pmid25697968
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30684
dc.description.abstractHistorically, providers have lacked reimbursement for obesity management in the primary care setting. In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the decision to reimburse qualified primary care providers for obesity counseling. We are concerned particularly about how the policy might adversely impact high-risk groups, namely racial/ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=25697968&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.026
dc.subjectBody Mass Index
dc.subjectCost-Benefit Analysis
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subject*Health Care Costs
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInsurance, Health, Reimbursement
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMedicaid
dc.subjectMedicare
dc.subjectNeeds Assessment
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectObesity, Morbid
dc.subjectRisk Assessment
dc.subjectTreatment Outcome
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectWeight Loss
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.titleWill Obesity Treatment Reimbursement Benefit Those at Highest Risk
dc.typeResponse or Comment
dc.source.journaltitleThe American journal of medicine
dc.source.volume128
dc.source.issue7
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/962
dc.identifier.contextkey8575182
html.description.abstract<p>Historically, providers have lacked reimbursement for obesity management in the primary care setting. In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the decision to reimburse qualified primary care providers for obesity counseling. We are concerned particularly about how the policy might adversely impact high-risk groups, namely racial/ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathfaculty_pubs/962
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
dc.source.pages670-1


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