Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP
Kameron Matthews MD, JD is a board-certified family physician and currently serves as Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington DC. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and her law degree from the University of Chicago.[Anecdotes] Practicality, not idealism, should drive essential benefits
The Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) recently sent a to the Obama administration protesting the “grossly inadequate, skimpy, spartan standard” benefits made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the definition of essential health benefits. The – mistakingly deemed Continue Reading …
The Essentials
Under the direction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), individuals and small businesses are to receive a certain package of diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services and products that are defined as “essential” by the Department Continue Reading …
The Primary Care Workforce
“The rediscovery or remaking of primary care is recognized by most analysts as an essential part of a United States health care system that lowers costs, improves quality, and expands access.” The authors of the present Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Continue Reading …
Keeping it in the Community
Colorado has 140 community health centers (CHCs) that provide care for 9 percent of the state’s population and 36 percent of Colorado’s Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus clients. Community health centers are a potential solution to health care costs Continue Reading …
Primary Care’s Impact on Outcomes
Expanding the primary care workforce is viewed as a solution to the health needs of Americans. However, current research suggests that more nuanced metrics are necessary to reveal the ideal physician-to-population ratio. While expanding the primary care physician (PCP) workforce Continue Reading …