Browsing: Health Policy Journal Club

hpjc-1117.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club , Medications , Health Policy , Regulatory

Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic

11/6/2017 Brandon Roe, DO
Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic Mandating use of prescription drug monitoring programs cuts opioids by up to 10% Opioid prescriptions in the United States have been
hpjc-1017.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club , Legislation

Health Policy Journal Club: ED Visits Rise After Medicaid Expansion

10/6/2017 RJ Sontag, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: ED Visits Rise After Medicaid Expansion October 2017 More insured Americans under ACA results in more emergency department visits Does having health insurance make people
hpjc-0917.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring

9/6/2017 Louis Yu, MD, MA
Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring Interconnected systems for information exchange might improve care and cut costs In 2009 Congress passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, whic
hpjc-0717.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost

7/6/2017 Nathan Vafaie, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost Freestanding emergency departments offer risks and rewards to our health care system. In the 1970s, the freestanding emergency d
hpjc-0617.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club

Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price

6/6/2017 Elizabeth Sherrill, MD
Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price Every 1% increase in uninsured leads to a $20 increase in ER bills for privately insured. "When someone without health coverage gets urgent—often expensive—medi
0517_HPJC.jpg
Affordable Care Act , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Policy Journal Club

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use

5/6/2017 Eric Maughan, MD
ACA Increased Emergency Department Use   Increasing access to insurance alone does not lead to a decrease in ED visits As the Affordable Care Act was being implemented, many politicians and health po
hpjc-0417.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Access to Specialists Worse with Medicaid

4/5/2017 Vidya Eswaran, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: Access to Specialists Worse with Medicaid Orthopedic appointment availability 5 times higher for uninsured than for Medicaid Increase outpatient services and thereby decre
hpcj-0317.jpeg
Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices

3/6/2017 Demetrio An Munoz, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices Physicians can take steps to limit the pharmaceutical industry's ability to price-gouge The cost of prescription drugs in the
hpjc-0117.jpg
Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Better for Business

1/27/2017 Theresa Tassey, MD, MS
Where are freestanding emergency departments popping up - and how will that affect health policy?