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Health Policy Journal Club: The Best Medicine Isn't Medicine At All

2/6/2020 Kenneth Kim

It is clear from this study that frequent ED users are a population with many interdisciplinary needs, and integrated data systems can help identify needs that might be otherwise obscured when focusin

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Health Policy Journal Club: Surprise, Surprise

1/6/2020 Chloé Woodington, MD

A look at California's efforts to take on the "Oh no!" of OON (out-of-network) provider bills who delivered care at an INN (in-network) facility. The solution changed negotiations between docs and ins

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Health Policy Journal Club: Emergency Docs, Advocate for Medicaid!

12/6/2019 Nishad A. Rahman, MD

The encouraging findings from this study? Medicaid expansion was successful in that repeat users shifted their ED use toward higher acuity conditions – that is, conditions for which EDs were designed.

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Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Systemic Racism in EMS?

11/6/2019 Joshua Ellis, MD

Segregation in America was abolished on paper decades ago. But does it exist in practice?

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Health Policy Journal Club: ACA Expanded Coverage for Emergencies

10/6/2019 Gregory Jasani, MD

The ACA accomplished a goal of fewer uninsured patients and less of a need for inpatient care, but the emergency room kept as busy as ever.

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Health Policy Journal Club: Planes, Trains, and Ambulances

9/6/2019 Caitlin Farrell, DO, MPH

Will freestanding EDs truly improve access to medical care for underserved populations? A geospatial analysis comparing FSEDs to the nearest public transport station casts doubt.