Browsing: Health Policy

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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.
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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

Tax Ills, Market Stabilization, and CHIP: What You Need to Know About the Tax Bill

1/31/2018 Rachel Solnick, MD
Tax Ills, Market Stabilization, and CHIP: What You Need to Know About the Tax Bill Smiling with uncharacteristically good spirits for someone who has been living in the ICU for the past couple of mon
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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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Leadership Reports , President's Message , Health Policy

Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!

10/3/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto! Random question: How many ways can you think of to say thank you? Seriously. Even if you're not multilingual, I'm sure you know the phrase