The Risk of Intra-Familial Stigmatisation in Family-Based Treatment of Childhood Obesity. A Position Statement of the European Childhood Obesity Group.

Intra-familial weight stigma is a subtle yet impactful dynamic that may influence the outcomes of family-based interventions aimed at treating childhood obesity. While much attention has been paid to societal and peer-related weight stigma, less focus has been placed on how stigma manifests within families. This position statement highlights the importance of recognising that such stigma can unintentionally arise in the home.

Extended Hospital Stays in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare.

Importance: Hospitals have reported growing difficulty in discharging patients in a timely manner, often citing bottlenecks in postacute care. Medicare Advantage plans, now the dominant form of Medicare coverage, may contribute to these delays due to administrative and network constraints, yet national evidence is lacking.

Objective: To quantify changes in hospital length of stay for Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare beneficiaries.

Long-Term Services and Supports in Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans.

Importance: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have had the ability to offer long-term services and supports (LTSS) supplemental benefits (eg, in-home support services, adult day health services, caregiver support, home-based palliative care, and nonopioid pain management) since 2019. However, it is largely unknown how available these benefits currently are among MA plans.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of LTSS supplemental benefits among MA plans and enrollment within these plans.

Foreign-Born Workers Made Up Half The Increase In The Direct Care Workforce In Home And Community Settings, 2012-22.

Persistent shortages of workers providing long-term services and supports (LTSS) for more than a dozen years have led to increased reliance on foreign-born workers to meet the growing demand. However, there is a dearth of empirical data on long-term changes in the composition of the direct care workforce by nativity status and care setting. Using data from the American Community Survey (2012-22), we examined the extent to which foreign-born workers contributed to LTSS workforce growth and how their participation was distributed across care settings.

Specialization of Home Health Agencies to Deliver Care for Medicare Advantage Patients.

Importance: Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) is expected to continue growing. Previous studies have examined differences in the use and quality of home health care between MA and traditional Medicare, but less is known about outcomes among patients receiving care from agencies with greater exposure to MA patients.

Objective: To examine the association between home health agency (HHA) experience with caring for MA patients and quality of care delivered.