Medicaid cuts would impact Urban Native American health programs

Why the proposed Medicaid cuts would be so bad for New Mexico

I am a practicing physician in New Mexico and have practiced medicine and surgery for over 30 years now. I am board certified in addiction medicine and for the last 20 years have been treating New Mexicans suffering from substance-use…

Medicaid cuts would impact Urban Native American health programs

Montana's five urban Indian clinics — in Missoula, Helena, Butte, Great Falls and Billings — serve more than 30,000 Montanans, and Medicaid plays a crucial role in supporting the services these clinics provide. At the Montana Consortium for Urban Indian…

CMS Cracks Down on Medicaid Fraud – Protecting Taxpayers from Misuse

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at increasing federal oversight and preventing states from improperly using Medicaid funds to cover health care for individuals without satisfactory immigration status. The bold action seeks to ensure that federal Medicaid dollars are used strictly in accordance with legal requirements, which limit funding for noncitizens to emergency medica…

Association of the affordable care act with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured emergency department utilization - BMC Health Services Research

Disparities in uninsured emergency department (ED) use are well documented. However, a comprehensive analysis evaluating how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have reduced racial and ethnic disparities is lacking. The goal was to assess the association of the ACA with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured ED use. This study used data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) for Geor…