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BumRushDaShow

(143,118 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 12:41 PM Nov 4

Biden wants Medicaid doctors to talk to parents about firearms

Source: Roll Call

Posted November 4, 2024 at 10:26am


The Biden administration wants more health care providers to talk to parents about keeping their kids safe around firearms, as data shows kids are increasingly dying by suicide, accidents and homicides involving guns.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given states the green light to allow Medicaid providers to counsel parents and caregivers of children about firearm safety and injury prevention.

Public health advocates hope the conversations become as routine as physicians talking to parents about car seats, water safety, substance use and other safety issues impacting kids.

“For the first time, it’s allowing CMS to consider using Medicaid funds to fund these types of screening questions,” said Chethan Sathya, a pediatric trauma surgeon and firearm injury prevention researcher at Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York.

Read more: https://rollcall.com/2024/11/04/biden-wants-medicaid-doctors-to-talk-to-parents-about-firearms/



Link to CMS CMCS Medicaid All-State Call TRANSCRIPT (PDF) - CMCS Medicaid and CHIP All State Calls - 2024 (October 15, 2024)
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Biden wants Medicaid doctors to talk to parents about firearms (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 4 OP
ALL doctors should Jilly_in_VA Nov 4 #1
I agree TexasBushwhacker Nov 4 #6
Medicaid.... Bayard Nov 4 #2
I think it's more likely BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #3
In most rural areas xmas74 Nov 5 #7
He can't really make demands of doctors in private companies. travelingthrulife Nov 5 #9
I'm not sure a doctor is the best person to do this. It really sounds more like a job law enforcement should be Martin68 Nov 4 #4
They often have LEO come in for events in schools BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #5
Pediatricians and primary care already discuss xmas74 Nov 5 #8

TexasBushwhacker

(20,692 posts)
6. I agree
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 06:06 PM
Nov 4

For that matter, all doctors should ask about drinking habits, but few do. Many doctors are impaired themselves. Then there are the ones who don't ask because they don't want to risk losing a patient.

BumRushDaShow

(143,118 posts)
3. I think it's more likely
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:24 PM
Nov 4

that those living in poorer neighborhoods are getting less comprehensive care, including disease prevention recommendations and notably, stress and trauma counseling, than those in wealthier ones.

I just heard a news story this afternoon locally where a 7 year old died after being shot in the face by a gun that was in the household that was unsecured. They are trying to figure out if the 2 year old who was with that child had pulled the trigger, or whether the 7-year old did.

xmas74

(29,777 posts)
7. In most rural areas
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:19 AM
Nov 5

The doctors accept both Medicaid and commercial policies. If the clinic asks their Medicaid patients then it'll probably carry over to the rest.
It's a simple way to enact it.

travelingthrulife

(833 posts)
9. He can't really make demands of doctors in private companies.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:01 AM
Nov 5

It will be a question on a form, doubtful ever a conversation.

Martin68

(24,633 posts)
4. I'm not sure a doctor is the best person to do this. It really sounds more like a job law enforcement should be
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:51 PM
Nov 4

undertaking. But doctors are probably a more willing group than the police.

BumRushDaShow

(143,118 posts)
5. They often have LEO come in for events in schools
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:57 PM
Nov 4

but many of these communities are at odds with the police and in the urban areas, there have been many efforts over the years to bridge that gap through community organization involvement.

Gun violence is a top issue for many urban communities, and a good chunk of those communities have people on Medicaid. So this is a way to reinforce the messaging that the administration has attempted to get across from the Surgeon General's declarations.

U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on the Public Health Crisis of Firearm Violence in the United States







xmas74

(29,777 posts)
8. Pediatricians and primary care already discuss
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:22 AM
Nov 5

Several things that are risk behaviors. Gun safety can just as easily be added to the questionnaire with an in office discussion and additional pamphlets given for additional resources.

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