Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Public plans and wait times
Merritt Hawkins, a for-profit, physician recruitment and workforce company, recently published a survey examining new patient access to physicians. Specifically, the survey recorded the time needed to schedule a new patient appointment with a physician in 15 major metropolitan markets Continue Reading …
High Deductibles Reduce Cost
One answer to the increasing cost of health care is limiting utilization through patient cost shifting—exposing patients to a greater share of the financial risk of health care through (HDHP). HDHPs shift costs by requiring members to bear the full Continue Reading …
The ACA, Medicaid, and the ED: What’s the Bottom Line?
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode14Edited.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine Podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks Continue Reading …
LGBT Insurance Disparities
Legal marriage for same-sex (SS) adults is currently recognized by 16 states and the District of Columbia. An additional 3 states grant civil unions, but the remaining states have banned SS marriage through legislative action or amendments to their state Continue Reading …
Provider-led cost control
In an era of increasing government pressure to contain costs, policymakers have encouraged providers to re-evaluate the use of expensive medical devices for cost-effectiveness. This requires physicians to be familiar with the pricing of commonly used devices, and to actively choose less expensive alternatives. However, physician knowledge of Continue Reading …
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