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The purpose of this study is to determine how financial trends in cleft lip and palate repair reimbursements compare to annual changes in the U.S. economy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for cleft lip and palate repair were retrospectively reviewed between 2018 and 2023. Reimbursements were adjusted for inflation to 2023 U.S. dollars using Medicaid physician fee schedules. Annual percentage changes in inflation-adjusted reimbursements, and reimbursement Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) were compared to the annual change in the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Multi-state, Medicaid.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medicaid reimbursements of 6 U.S. states, 5 with highest birthrates: California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. Colorado, the study institution, was evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Primary outcomes included annual changes in overall and inflation-adjusted reimbursement rates for cleft lip and palate surgical procedures as compared to annual changes in CPI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The U.S. CPI increased by 20.9% from 2018 to 2023, while the overall total percentage change in reimbursement rates for all cleft lip and palate procedures increased by 7.23%. The inflation-adjusted overall percent change in reimbursements for all procedures decreased by \u221212.81%. 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