preventive careObjectiveThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) increases Medicaid physician fees for preventive care up to Medicare rates for 2013 and 2014. The purpose of this paper was to model the relationship between Medicaid preventive care payment rates and the use of U.S. ...
23 The deleted measures were “child and adolescent suicide risk assessment” (not in current use, except as a Physician Quality Reporting Initiative pilot measure for adults)24; the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Clinician and Group Survey (insufficient documented ...
First, using the HRS, we assessed respondent-reported difficulty getting care due to cost (measured biennially). Second, using professional and outpatient facility claims files for respondents with traditional Medicare, we measured annual outpatient visits in physician offices and hospital outpatient ...
Research indicates that children are healthier when they get medical care. Health insurance improves access to these services. Congress has shown an on-going commitment to improving access to health care for poor and near-poor children. This ...
Medicaid is also used tofund long-term care, which is not covered by Medicare or most private health insurance policies. In fact, Medicaid is the primary payer of long-term care across the nation and often covers the cost of nursing facilities forthose who deplete their savingsto pay for he...
Medicaid Physician Fees and Use of Primary Care Services: An Analysis of Recent Data Inclusive of ACA Fee IncreaseSchiman, Cuiping
Medicaid physician fees and the use of primary care services: evidence from before and after the ACA fee bumpMedicaidReimbursementPrimary careFee-for-serviceWe examine whether fees paid by Medicaid for primary care affects the use of health care services among adults with Medicaid coverage who have...
However, the PCCM requirement for physicians to accept assignment of a caseload of patients and to provide all of their primary care likely conflicts with the approach of limited Medicaid participation favored by many Medicaid physician participants. This study examines the early impact of PCCM ...
Gray, Bradley, Jonathan Vandergrift, and Kelly McAllister. 2015. "Primary Care Medicaid Physician Fee Generosity and Access to Board Certified Physicians across Skill Levels." annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL, November 4....
Physicians and Medicaid Work Requirements: Variability in Primary Care Physician Response to Patient Exemption RequestsMedicaidWork requirementscommunity engagementequityIn a survey of more than 700 Primary Care Providers practicing in the first four states approved to test Medicaid work requirements (Arkansas...