Medical foods: Inborn errors of metabolism and the reimbursement dilemma

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Weaver, Meredith A ^a   Johnson, Alissa ^b   Singh, Rani H ^c   Wilcox, William R ^d,e   Lloyd Puryear, Michele A ^f   Watson, Michael S ^a  

^a American College of Medical Genetics   (United States)

^b Johnson Policy Consulting   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

health insurance coverage; inborn errors of metabolism; medical food; prescribed solid modified foods; state legislation

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

AGE; BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY; CITRULLINEMIA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FOOD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GALACTOSEMIA; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FOOD; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; POLICY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TYROSINEMIA;

HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGISLATION, FOOD; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 77953963057     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181deb2f0     Document Type: Review

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