Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

Expanding Coverage, Saving Lives

1/7/2023 Fathima Haseefa , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. An analysis shows that Medicaid expansion can help avert suicide by overcoming financial barriers to mental health care.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration

A Tale of Two Prescriptions

12/6/2022 Nicholas S. Imperato , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Opioid overdose deaths continue to trend upward. Multiple efforts have attempted to address this epidemic, including naloxone access. Is anything making an impact on drug use disorder deaths?

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Wellness , Health Care Administration

Out of Time

11/6/2022 Nicholas Rizer, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Statistics show employers are placing an undue burden on the health care system by using draconian HR practices. Paid sick leave is a simple, albeit politically challenging, policy change that could s

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM , COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

A New Pandemic

10/6/2022 Rachel Kelly, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The effects of COVID-19 on the health care system continue to evolve. While patients stayed away during lockdown, they are now flooding emergency departments with more acute illnesses due to lack of p

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM , COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

GREAT SHOT

9/6/2022 Laura Haselden, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns saved lives and reduced the number and severity of COVID cases in the United States. What did this mean to the business of health care? Significant cost savings.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM

BIGGER IS BETTER

8/6/2022 Nicholas S. Imperato , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Studies are showing that Medicaid expansion - and its resulting increased access to primary care - could help alleviate emergency department crowding and ensure the department is able to focus on pati

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Are You Sick Enough to Need the ED?

7/6/2022 Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Insurance companies are penalizing emergency department patients whose conditions ultimately don't turn out to be true emergencies - and evidence shows the algorithms using ICD codes to retrospectivel

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM , OB/GYN

Health Policy Journal Club: Bullet on Board

6/6/2022 Diana Halloran, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

A new study shows how firearm restrictions reduce the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers. The Health Policy Journal Club highlights what that can mean for emergency medicine.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money

5/6/2022 Jacquelyn Callahan, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered ED patient volumes, resulting in decreased hours for emergency physicians and a difficult job market. Could the current fee-for-service reimbursement model

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

Health Policy Journal Club: Nonprofit Hospitals - Profitable or Not?

4/6/2022 Kyle Stucker, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Nonprofit hospitals netted $24.6 billion in tax exemptions in 2011; by 2017, these hospitals had accumulated higher net income than for-profit institutions. Their charity care, however, has not kept p

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