Medicaid Reimbursement for Lead Saves Money Environmental Assessments in Children Covered by Medicaid Reimbursement for Lead Follow-up Services Self-Reported Status of State Reimbursement Policies, 2014

National Economic Consequences of Pediatric Lead Poisioning

535,000 US children with elevated blood lead levels

$27.8 billion

Loss of lifetime earnings for boys

$15.6 billion

No Services in place or unsure Medicaid reimbursement in place (maybe on limited scale) Exploring Medcicaid reimbursement (no expansion of services) No response to survey

http://www.nchh.org/Resources/HealthcareFinancing/Snapshot.aspx

Potential Yearly Costs and Savings to Colorado Medicaid for Environmental Investigations

$104,000/year

Yearly estimated cost in Colorado to Medicaid for environmental investigations. (approximately 200 cases)

$1.8 million-$23 million Savings per year in Colorado Medicaid policy requires lead toxicity screening for all at-risk children at 12 & 24 months of age, or at 36 to 72 months. Congress requires that all children enrolled in Medicaid receive blood lead testing and appropriate follow-up.

Los of lifetime earnings for girls

$50.9 billion

Total cost of pediatric lead poisoning

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240919/

Cost Benefit of Lead Reduction Nationally

$17 - $221

Return of lead paint hazard control

$181 - $269 billion Net savings in lead paint hazard control

$19.5 - $22.6 billion

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Total benefits from lead reduction

$10.8 - $1.2 billion

Total cost of lead abatement

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$8.7Total - $21.4 billion net benefit

Cost/benefit ratio 1:2 - 1:19

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