Research Letter

Inpatient Documentation of Homelessness After a Medicare Payment Policy Change

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.14068

May 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study evaluates whether reclassification of homelessness-related Medicare codes is associated with changes in inpatient documentation of homelessness and other health-related social needs.

Corresponding Author: Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (jfigueroa@hsph.harvard.edu).

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