Tag: Insurance: Medicaid
Specialist Access No Better With Adoption of Access Standards
No notable improvement in timely access to specialty services following implementation of standards
Medicaid Enrollees Are Satisfied With Their Health Care
Enrollees rate their overall health care at 7.9, on average, on a scale of 1 to 10
More Breast Cancers Diagnosed at Late Stage With Medicaid Cuts
40.2 percent diagnosed late-stage after Medicaid cuts versus 35.4 percent before cuts
1991-2014 Saw Minimal Change in Health Spending Per State
Recession and recovery, implementation of health reform impacted health care coverage
States Given Until 2022 to Meet Medicaid Standards of Care
Standards set in a 2014 rule aim to improve quality of care that disabled receive outside of institutions
Outpatient Wait Times Are Longer for Medicaid Recipients
Researchers suggest lag time might be due to providers having larger caseloads
States With Medical Marijuana Laws See Drop in Prescriptions
Findings, based on Medicaid fee-for-service, are consistent with previous Medicare data
ACA Medicaid Expansions Didn’t Increase States’ Spending
State budget projections were accurate for federal, state, and Medicaid spending
Denying Payment Reduces Rate of Early Elective Deliveries
Implementation of policy by Texas Medicaid led to reduction in early delivery rates by up to 14 percent
Geographic Variation in Admission for Opioid Tx Programs
Widest gap between county-level opioid use disorder, estimated capacity for treatment is in Southeast
