Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Null Results and Next Steps

6/14/2024 Lydia Bennett, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD

In the United States, 50% of health care costs are accumulated by only 5% of the population. To curb spending, programs have been developed to improve outcomes in patients with high health care use. B

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Final Destination

4/11/2024 Phillip Groden, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD

Does triage create a bias that might contribute to mis-diagnosis? The Health Policy Journal Club evaluates a recent study of the Emergency Severity Index.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Documentation Matters

2/8/2024 Elina Kurkurina, MPH , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Social determinants of health are an important and well-documented driver of health care utilization and outcomes - so important, in fact, that there's a class of ICD codes specifically for it. Are yo

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

Health Policy , Advocacy

Bait and Switch: Troubling Developments in Emergency Care Coverage

10/3/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

Bait and Switch: Troubling Developments in Emergency Care Coverage Anthem, the nation's second largest insurer, has adopted a policy under which emergency department (ED) visits could be denied cover

Affordable Care Act , Health Policy

What You Need to Know About the AHCA

5/10/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

What You Need to Know About the AHCA The U.S. House of Representatives on May 4 narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), HR 1628, after tabling the bill in March following a lack of party

Health Policy

The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon?

2/1/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon? One of the most important pieces of health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act snuck into law in the last days of P

Health Policy

Preserving the Safety Net: What is the True Cost of the Uninsured?

1/26/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD , Eugenia C. South, MD, MSPH , Erik J. Blutinger, MD, MSc

Preserving the Safety Net: What is the True Cost of the Uninsured? President Donald J. Trump has sparked emotional debate across the country with bold promises on important public health issues like