Focuses on nonemergent medical transportation (NEMT) services for older persons. Description of the Medicaid transportation system; Major problems related to NEMT; Requirement for progress towards implementing a
Also, the triage nurse can coordinate Lyft rides for non-emergency patients that require clinic transport. Medicaid beneficiaries and D.C. Healthcare Alliance are also provided with free transportation to and from the clinic. This also includes a stop at any pharmacy if needed. Communicationis by...
Some states have emergency Medicaid policies that cover outpa- tient hemodialysis services, but in many states, patients must present to an emergency department in critical condition to receive hemodialysis–referred to as emergency-only, or emergent hemodialysis. In these states, emergency-only dial-...
One of the primary reasons reported in the literature for presentation at an ED was the tendency of patients to be risk averse in terms of their health issue. There was a self-perceived sense of severity or urgency to their medical matters, despite that their presenting complaints were deemed ...
Finally, we calculated the frequency of each reason for taking more or less hormones. We then utilized content analysis to examine the write-in responses under the category “other” (Kohlbacher,2006). Each emergent theme was descriptively analyzed and included in the final list of reasons. ...
4 Your Kids Care: Reducing Non-Emergent Hospitalization In A Medicaid Pediatric Population Through Hands-On Training And Parent/Caregiver EducationMaternal MortalityHealth systemsSystematic ReviewResearch EvidenceBackground: The impact of efforts by healthcare organizations to enhance the use of evidence to...
Characteristics and outcomes associated with medicaid and uninsured patients presenting to the ed with non-emergent complaints previously evaluated by other health care providersM.C., BinfordS., SobolewskiL., KelleyC., BorgstromM., RosenthalP., Simonette...
" says Wasserman. "The majority of these patients (89%) were uninsured or on Medicaid."For patients with additional social needs, case managers were on hand at both the hospitals and participating health centers to arrange for transportation to their medical appointments or to provide other ...
Patients receiving Medicaid often experience social risk factors for poor health and limited access to primary care, leading to high utilization of emergency departments and hospitals (acute care) for non-emergent conditions. As programs proactively outreach Medicaid patients to o...