Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Quality
Medicaid DSH cuts won’t impact quality
This study provided weak evidence to suggest an association between net Medicaid DSH payments and hospital quality of care. Its results suggest an inelastic response to declining Medicaid DSH payments. Of the 9-quality measures that were created, there showed larger Continue Reading …
The Provocateurs (Episode 2)
The July episode of the Provocateurs is LIVE on YouTube featuring Renée Volny Darko, Cedric Dark, Tyree Winters and a guest appearance by Todd Johnson. Watch it now:
Health Information Exchanges
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode16final.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physicians Advocates podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with Dr. Ellana Stinson, a practicing emergency physician Continue Reading …
Should readmissions penalties take patient socioeconomic status into account?
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), our health care system has been charged with reforming the delivery of care via implementation of programs including but not limited to the hospital readmission reduction program (HRRP). Essentially, HRRP requires Continue Reading …
To scan or not to scan
As medical imaging is becoming more powerful and readily available, we are seeing increasing utilization across all fields of medicine. These advancements in technology have undoubtedly aided in the advancement of disease diagnosis. However, skyrocketing healthcare costs have caused many Continue Reading …
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