It is medically, ethically, and legally imperative that measures aimed at protecting vulnerable patients are not undermined by the burdensomeness of exemption procedures, or by physicians’ political or personal views.
These findings suggest that physicians should increase their awareness of stigmatizing language in patient records to ensure that their notes are informative and respectful.
The preparation and implementation process for New Hampshire’s approved Work and Community Engagement Requirements program was costly and confusing for community organizations.
In this Ideas and Opinions paper, authors explore historical and current reasons for using quotation marks when documenting a clinical encounter and recommend rewording sentences to avoid quotes that do not confer obvious benefit and might be misinterpreted.
This report sought to answer questions about the early experience of Arkansas as the first state to implement a work and community engagement requirement for Medicaid expansion enrollees.
This research compares the views of people insured by Medicaid and primary care doctors who treat people with Medicaid regarding how to build mutual trust.
This report examines trends in the supply of primary care services to NJ FamilyCare – which includes Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – during a time of rising enrollment and multiple changes in primary care payment policy at the federal and state levels.
Public Agenda’s survey findings show that most people with Medicaid and most primary care physicians who treat them believe that it is important both for doctors to trust their patients and for patients to trust their doctors.
In this blog post, the authors describe the urgent need for clinicians to listen carefully to and respect the knowledge that patients have about their own symptoms and experiences.