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Medicaid expansion benefits emergency departments
Twenty-five states have still refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act; that’s bad news for ERs everywhere. A recent article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine analyzed the revenue increases due to emergency physicians for services delivered to Continue Reading …
P4P bonuses don’t necessarily improve quality
Yet another study fails to provide evidence that pay-for-performance yields additional quality improvement. Pay-for-performance (P4P) continues as one of multiple experimental policies aimed at improving health care quality. Many studies of varying merit have scrutinized numerous aspects of P4P, but Continue Reading …
Over a third of trauma patients are over-triaged
State trauma systems try to put scarce resources to the best use. Yet, over-triage of minor injuries is costly and inefficient. With estimated costs as high as $163 billion, trauma care represents close to 10% of US health care expenditures. Continue Reading …
Breastmilk: It Does a Body Good!
Breastmilk: It Does a Body Good! [Originally published on the All Things Health Care Blog] October 22, 2013 by Loan Nguyen Pryor As you may know, I recently received my MSN (Masters in Nursing) and MPH (Public Health). Since becoming a new Continue Reading …
Health and Health Equity: The Need for a Broader Health Agenda
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson laid out a broad social agenda – including both Medicare and Medicaid – in the state of the union address: “The program I shall propose will emphasize this cooperative approach to help that one-fifth of Continue Reading …
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