Health Affairs: Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Reduced Uninsured Hospital Stays In 2014
Authors:
Sayeh Nikpay
Thomas Buchmueller
Helen G. Levy
Abstract:
In states that expanded Medicaid, uninsured hospital stays decreased sharply and Medicaid stays increased sharply in the first two quarters of 2014. There was no change in payer mix in states that did not expand Medicaid.
Fast & sharp: Medicaid expansion gives hospitals immediate relief from uninsured care, study finds
50 percent drop in uninsured hospital stays seen in expansion states, compared with no change in non-expansion states
41st Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association (MAMCA) to be held in Nashville, March 30 – April 1, 2016
The 41st Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association (MAMCA) will take place in Nashville on March 30 – April 1, 2016 at the Inn at Opryland (http://www.mamca.org/conference.htm).
This meeting will be hosted by the Tennessee Mosquito and Vector Control Association (TMVCA). Please see attached agenda. Speakers include our colleagues from multiple mid-Atlantic state health departments, universities and federal agencies including CDC.
Nashville Post: Barry talks Insure Tennessee, Nashville General at VU panel
Published November 17, 2015 by Emily Kubis
Mayor Megan Barry called for the state legislature to pass Insure Tennessee at a Vanderbilt University-hosted health care panel discussion Monday, but also said creative solutions were needed in the absence of Medicaid expansion.
At a panel entitled "Caring for the Uninsured," Barry said there are an estimated 30,000 people in Nashville without insurance.
Medical Care: Role of Geography and Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice in Efforts to Expand Primary Care System Capacity: Health Reform and the Primary Care Workforce
Authors: Graves, John A. PhD; Mishra, Pranita MPP; Dittus, Robert S. MD, MPH; Parikh, Ravi MD, MPH; Perloff, Jennifer PhD; Buerhaus, Peter I. PhD, RN, FAAN
Objective: We investigated whether geographic accessibility to primary care clinicians (PCCs) differed across urban and rural areas and across states with more or less restrictive scope-of-practice laws.
Department Faculty Receive NIHCM Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Award
Washington, DC – November 13, 2015 - NIHCM Foundation has awarded six new grants to support investigator-initiated health services research. NIHCM increased its funding level for the research grant program again this year, reflecting its commitment to supporting researchers in their work to improve health care through objective evidence.