RCA’s Onsite Methodology

Healthcare is still relationship driven and patient experience has become an important factor in the care of people.  The definition of patient experience as defined by Wikipedia describes an individual’s experience of illness/injury and how healthcare treats them.  Increasing focus on patient experience is part of a move toward today’s patient-centered care.  This includes the […]

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Self-Pay Encounters Increase Following Start of Medicaid Coverage Terminations

Team A: Team B: Kersten Bartelt, RN; Neil Sandberg EpicResearch.org Key Findings:• The proportion of self-pay emergency department (ED), hospital, and primary care encountersincreased starting in April 2023 when states could start terminating Medicaid coverage forpatients who no longer met Medicaid requirements following the pandemic.• Rates of self-pay encounters have increased the most for patients […]

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