Comments on: Medicaid Data: Is It Any of Your Business? http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/medicaid-data-is-it-any-of-your-business/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:27:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hina mir http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/medicaid-data-is-it-any-of-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-38996 hina mir Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:25:16 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/medicaid-data-is-it-any-of-your-business/#comment-38996 hi friends i have a question i am pregnent and i dont have ssn or medical insurance. so what should i do i have already apply for medicaid. but i am cunfused what do they ask from me. hi friends i have a question i am pregnent and i dont have ssn or medical insurance. so what should i do i have already apply for medicaid. but i am cunfused what do they ask from me.

]]> By: NurseKeith http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/medicaid-data-is-it-any-of-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-38942 NurseKeith Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:41:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/medicaid-data-is-it-any-of-your-business/#comment-38942 I think this is absolutely our business, and these numbers are distressing indeed. And how does that data extrapolate across the country? What are the reasons for such poor data? Are doctors who see Medicaid patients reimbursed too little for their visits, causing them to rush past important health maintenance issues in order to see more patients per day? Do patients with Medicaid receive less complete care than those with private insurance? Do these numbers coincide with patients who do have private insurance? As a former Nurse Care Manager for chronically ill patients on Medicaid in the inner city, we saw how many of our patients were frequent flyers in the ER, ballooning costs unnecessarily for issues that could have been addressed in primary care if the patients had actually shown up at appointments. This is a multifactorial problem with few ready answers. However, it is frustrating to know how our tax dollars are so often squandered. I think this is absolutely our business, and these numbers are distressing indeed. And how does that data extrapolate across the country?

What are the reasons for such poor data? Are doctors who see Medicaid patients reimbursed too little for their visits, causing them to rush past important health maintenance issues in order to see more patients per day? Do patients with Medicaid receive less complete care than those with private insurance? Do these numbers coincide with patients who do have private insurance?

As a former Nurse Care Manager for chronically ill patients on Medicaid in the inner city, we saw how many of our patients were frequent flyers in the ER, ballooning costs unnecessarily for issues that could have been addressed in primary care if the patients had actually shown up at appointments.

This is a multifactorial problem with few ready answers. However, it is frustrating to know how our tax dollars are so often squandered.

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