Browsing: Health Policy Journal Club

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Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Nobody Likes Surprises

3/4/2018 Cameron J Gettel, MD
Good news! There are fewer surprise bills now than a decade ago. A surprise medical bill is one a patient receives from an out-of-network provider after seeking care at a facility considered "in-netw
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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: 30 Million Outside the “Golden Hour”

2/6/2018 Louis Yu, MD, MA
Health Policy Journal Club: 30 Million Outside the “Golden Hour” Certain communities appear cut off from the nation’s best trauma care. In the U.S., cohesive trauma systems began to coalesce in the 1
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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Benefit to HIE in the ED?

1/6/2018 Erica Goldstein
Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Benefit to HIE in the ED? Health information exchange (HIE) has the potential to save utilization and cut costs Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

How Much Should Health Care Cost?

12/6/2017 Erica Goldstein
How Much Should Health Care Cost? There is no standard for how much insurers should pay for physician services There is no standard for how much health care services should cost nationally, so it is
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Health Policy Journal Club , Medications , Health Policy , Regulatory

Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic

11/6/2017 Brandon Roe, DO
Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic Mandating use of prescription drug monitoring programs cuts opioids by up to 10% Opioid prescriptions in the United States have been
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Health Policy Journal Club , Legislation

Health Policy Journal Club: ED Visits Rise After Medicaid Expansion

10/6/2017 RJ Sontag, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: ED Visits Rise After Medicaid Expansion October 2017 More insured Americans under ACA results in more emergency department visits Does having health insurance make people
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Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring

9/6/2017 Louis Yu, MD, MA
Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring Interconnected systems for information exchange might improve care and cut costs In 2009 Congress passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, whic
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Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost

7/6/2017 Nathan Vafaie, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost Freestanding emergency departments offer risks and rewards to our health care system. In the 1970s, the freestanding emergency d
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Health Policy Journal Club

Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price

6/6/2017 Elizabeth Sherrill, MD
Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price Every 1% increase in uninsured leads to a $20 increase in ER bills for privately insured. "When someone without health coverage gets urgent—often expensive—medi
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Affordable Care Act , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Policy Journal Club

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use

5/6/2017 Eric Maughan, MD
ACA Increased Emergency Department Use   Increasing access to insurance alone does not lead to a decrease in ED visits As the Affordable Care Act was being implemented, many politicians and health po