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Introduction of SCD Medicaid Demo Bill
Dear Senators Booker and Scott and Representatives Davis and Burgess:The undersigned organizations, all committed to improving outcomes for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD), look to you for needed leadership in addressing the needs of this community. As we recognize the SCD patient and pr …
Medicare/Medicaid, Public Policy Statements
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UnitedHealthcare Retroactive Denial of Emergency Care and the Prudent Layperson Standard
Vicki Norton MD FAAEM, AAEM Board of DirectorsSaba Rizvi, MD FAAEM AAEM recognizes UnitedHealthcare’s deferment of their dangerous and ill-advised policy to limit patients seeking emergency care. Patients who fear they are having a true emergency should not be deterred from going to the eme …
Medicare/Medicaid, Public Policy Statements