PolicyLab responded to a request for public comment from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS on the Proposed Rule on the Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees.  In their response, PolicyLab experts offer their support of the proposed…

PolicyLab welcomes this opportunity to comment on the 2023 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) State Plan of Program Operation and Administration. In this memo, our experts present recommendations to improve PA WIC access and…

Multi-tiered behavioral classroom interventions are particularly important for students with or at risk for ADHD or other externalizing behaviors. Teachers often use these interventions infrequently or not as designed, and little is known about the barriers and facilitators to their…

Telehealth services for medical care were rarely available in the United States before March 2020 when stay-at-home orders went into place in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals was no…

Pediatric primary care redesign includes changes to clinical teams and clinical workflows. This study described the perspectives of pediatric clinicians on their experience with redesign. This qualitative study explored clinician perspectives on a newborn care redesign pilot at a…

PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In this response, PolicyLab experts answer questions such as “in what…

PolicyLab experts welcome this opportunity to comment on the Proposed Rule on “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility” and to offer our recommendations. In this response, PolicyLab experts highlight some key elements of the proposed rule that they support, changes that they believe…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on screening for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and screening equity among eligible children presenting for well-child care in a large primary care pediatric network, we compared rates of ASD screening completion and…

Many families of children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) do not initiate evidence-based treatments (EBTs), placing these children at risk for poor outcomes. Bootcamp for ADHD (BC-ADHD) is a novel, four-session, group intervention designed to prepare parents as…

This cross-sectional study describes the changes in the demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.