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Health Policy

All About the Benjamins: What You Must Know About MACRA

6/6/2017 Christopher Parks, MD

All About the Benjamins: What You Must Know About MACRA MACRA is going to bring about change whether providers are ready for it or not. The process in which health care providers and hospitals are re

Affordable Care Act , Health Policy

What You Need to Know About the AHCA

5/10/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

What You Need to Know About the AHCA The U.S. House of Representatives on May 4 narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), HR 1628, after tabling the bill in March following a lack of party

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

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

Legislation , Recreational Drugs , Health Policy

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization

4/1/2017 Patrick Wallace, DO

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization Legalization of marijuana has become a heated topic in the United States as 8 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized it for recreational use

President's Message , Advocacy

Caring for All in a Divided Society

4/1/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Caring for All in a Divided Society If you're anything like me, the latest news headlines have left a part of you feeling uneasy. Whether you're conservative or liberal leaning, it seems safe to say

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

Pediatric EM , Health Policy

Passport to Health: Challenges of Caring for Undocumented Children in the Emergency Department

2/1/2017 Michael Holdsworth, MD , B. Barrie Bostick, MD

Passport to Health: Challenges of Caring for Undocumented Children in the Emergency Department Introduction An undocumented immigrant is an individual who enters the United States without inspection

Health Policy

The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon?

2/1/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon? One of the most important pieces of health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act snuck into law in the last days of P