Browsing: Health Policy

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Opinion-Editorial , Advocacy

President's Message: What Can We Do When a Residency Closes?

2/2/2020 Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA
EMRA President Dr. Hannah Hughes asks, "When the incoming class of EM residents open those envelopes this spring, how many will be plagued by the fear of a program’s insolvency? What are we - their se
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Surprise, Surprise

1/6/2020 Chloé Woodington, MD
A look at California's efforts to take on the "Oh no!" of OON (out-of-network) provider bills who delivered care at an INN (in-network) facility. The solution changed negotiations between docs and ins
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Health Policy , Advocacy

Making Sense of Graduate Medical Education Funding

12/16/2019 Christopher Clifford, MD , Ashley Tarchione, MD
The crux of this article: Actively advocating for GME funding is the responsibility of all physicians, regardless of where they are in training, so the future of health care and safety of patients is
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Emergency Docs, Advocate for Medicaid!

12/6/2019 Nishad A. Rahman, MD
The encouraging findings from this study? Medicaid expansion was successful in that repeat users shifted their ED use toward higher acuity conditions – that is, conditions for which EDs were designed.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Systemic Racism in EMS?

11/6/2019 Joshua Ellis, MD
Segregation in America was abolished on paper decades ago. But does it exist in practice?
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: ACA Expanded Coverage for Emergencies

10/6/2019 Gregory Jasani, MD
The ACA accomplished a goal of fewer uninsured patients and less of a need for inpatient care, but the emergency room kept as busy as ever.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Planes, Trains, and Ambulances

9/6/2019 Caitlin Farrell, DO, MPH
Will freestanding EDs truly improve access to medical care for underserved populations? A geospatial analysis comparing FSEDs to the nearest public transport station casts doubt.
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Advocacy

Finding My Voice

8/14/2019 Katherine Dowdell, MD
Regardless of where you are in your medical training or your level of experience with advocacy, know that you have a unique insight to some of the most fundamental issues in your community. You have a
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Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Health Policy

The Acute Unscheduled Care Model: A Chance to Prove Our Value

8/14/2019 Mahesh Polavarapu, MD , Claudie Bolduc, MD, MPH
An elegantly simple proposal, the Acute Unscheduled Care Model, attempts to put emergency physicians back in the driver's seat of care while illustrating value within the health care delivery system.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Reimbursement Rises Slower than Charges

8/5/2019 Milap Mehta, MD
Over the past 20 years, public payers like Medicare and Medicaid have not kept pace with providers' expectations.

#FOAMed and External Sources

Is 3.3% Really the Avoidable Number?

Emergency Medicine Literature of Note 08/31/2017

Policy Playbook: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) changes

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 01/10/2023

Dr. Aisha Liferidge Talks Health Policy and Public Health

EMRA*Cast 12/08/2016

Policy Playbook: Firearm Injury Prevention from the Bedside

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 02/15/2023
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