Doctors 'Cringe' at Possibility of Documenting Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick to Work
Doctors say the exemption may require patient documentation and could burden care teams, as the rule will affect an estimated 18.5 million Americans.
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Doctors 'Cringe' at Possibility of Documenting Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick to Work
(MedPage Today) -- Alice Thornton, MD, has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying...
Doctors 'cringe' at possibility of documenting which Medicaid enrollees too sick to work
Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security ...
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Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work
Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. Thornton tries to support her patients, she said, but understands the limits of her training. “A lot of times the forms are so complex th…
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