2020
Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States.
Hsiang WR, Wiznia D, Yousman L, Najem M, Mosier-Mills A, Jin G, Jain S, Khunte A, Davis KA, Forman HP, Schuster KM. Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 272: 548-553. PMID: 32932304, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersMedicaid patientsCare centerInsurance typePrivate patientsEmergent surgical careEmergent surgical casesUrgent surgical conditionIncarcerated inguinal herniaEmergency department referralsPatient insurance statusED referralsInsurance statusReferral ratesInguinal herniaSurgical conditionsSurgical careSurgical casesPatientsPrivate insuranceCliniciansStandardized scriptMedicaidCareEmergent conditions
2009
The impact of Medicaid coverage and reimbursement on access to diagnostic mammography
Schuur JD, Shah A, Wu Z, Forman HP, Gross CP. The impact of Medicaid coverage and reimbursement on access to diagnostic mammography. Cancer 2009, 115: 5566-5578. PMID: 19728371, PMCID: PMC3723693, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicaid reimbursement ratesTimely appointmentsDiagnostic mammographyReimbursement ratesState Medicaid reimbursement ratesStandardized patientsSame clinical vignettesMedicaid reimbursementLow socioeconomic statusMedicare reimbursement ratesThird available appointmentLow Medicaid reimbursementInsurance statusInsurance typeBreast cancerMedicaid coverageAbnormal mammogramsAvailable appointmentClinical servicesMedicaidSocioeconomic statusMammography facilitiesMedicare reimbursementMammographyMedicare