The Agent Orange Veteran Payment Program

Agent Orange Birth Defects

Sprayed extensively by the US military in Vietnam, Agent Orange contained a dioxin contaminant later found to be toxic to humans [7]. Despite reports by Vietnamese citizens and Vietnam War veterans of increased rates of stillbirths and birth defects [8] in their children, studies in the 1980s showed conflicting evidence for an association between the two. In 1996, the US National Academy of Sci...

Addressing the Payment Program Challenges

On the Trail of Agent Orange

Objective: To compare the Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test for detection and identification of Candida species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas vaginalis to clinical and microscopic criteria commonly used to diagnose vaginitis. Methods: Women that were symptomatic for vaginitis/vaginosis and asymptomatic women being seen for routine obstetric or gynecological care were included ...

The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Program

programs to “take into account the situation of hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs” when determining payment rates for inpatient hospital care. This requirement is referred to as the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment adjustment. Expenditures for DSH have increased significantly in recent years: Between 1990 and 1996, for...

Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2014.

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