This fact sheet describes key takeaways from focus groups conducted to assess the initial awareness of and access to the Healthy Opportunities Pilots services in North Carolina.
Community organizations co-lead four new studies examining affordability of care for historically marginalized communities, awarded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program, managed by AcademyHealth.
Stakeholders in the three study states, Illinois, Texas and Washington, identified both pros and cons to conducting programs for justice-involved populations within the framework and requirements of a Section 1115 waiver.
Black patients may be subject to systematic bias in physicians’ perceptions of their credibility, a form of testimonial injustice. This is another potential mechanism for racial disparities in healthcare quality that should be further investigated and addressed.
Using federal 1115 waivers, some state Medicaid programs are experimenting with housing supports for enrollees who are homeless or precariously housed as a way both to improve their health and reduce their medical expenditures.
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.
