Browsing: Health Policy

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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Following Up Your Patients Cuts Returns

10/6/2018 Yagnaram Ravichandran, MBBS, MD, FAAP
Phone calls and letters from physicians significantly cut future emergency visits
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Medicaid Managed Care Cuts ED Visits

9/6/2018
Medicaid managed care reduces disparities in preventable ED visits in Florida.
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Health Policy , Mentorship

Health Policy Mentorship Program Puts Residents in Action in State Legislatures

8/19/2018 Erik J. Blutinger, MD, MSc
This year, the ACEP State Legislative and Regulatory Committee (SLRC) partnered with the EMRA Health Policy Committee to create a mentorship program. Medical students and residents were paired with he
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Health Policy , Advocacy

Insurance Policy Creates Barrier for Care; ACEP Sues to Protect Patients

8/16/2018 Daniel Thomas, MSIII
A federal lawsuit has been filed to halt the dangerous but growing practice of retroactively denying insurance claims if a condition is later deemed not to have been an emergency.
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Editor's Forum , Advocacy

Resident Advocacy Matters

8/16/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
We need to pick up an important new skill, fellow residents: effective advocacy. There's a lot happening in health care policy that affects not only your patients, but also your professional future.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Insurance

Health Policy Journal Club: Myths About ED Overuse By The Uninsured

8/6/2018 Jennifer Nath, JD, MS
Uninsured patients use the ED as often as the insured yet use other care much less.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Affordable Care Act , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: The Emergency Department Role Is Critical

7/6/2018 Elizabeth Sherrill, MD
How much does the emergency department contribute to health care delivery in the United States? Do our policies reflect the ED’s current role?
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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Keeping It in the Community

6/4/2018 Hannah Moreira, MD, MPH
Can community health workers help cut down on ED "super-user" visits and lead to sustainable cost savings?
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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: The Unintended Consequences of Saving Lives

5/6/2018 Eric Maughan, MD
In some cases, an intervention that saves lives also becomes a "moral hazard" that leads to risky behavior. Are we seeing this effect with naloxone?
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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: If You Build It, They Will Check In

4/4/2018 Kyle Delbar, MD
The Health Policy Journal Club points out a Jevons paradox occurring in response to the increase in freestanding emergency department.