Medicaid

March 3, 2022

Study shows little variance in overdose deaths when sorting by Medicaid expansion status

A study by researchers from Vanderbilt and Boston University found that the increase in drug or opioid overdose deaths experienced during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic was similar in states with and without Medicaid expansion.

By Jill Clendening
January 4, 2022

Opioid use disorder treatment access increases in areas with large Medicaid population

By Jill Clendening
January 6, 2020

Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status

In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to research published this month in the journal Health Affairs.

By Jake Lowary
August 16, 2018

Vanderbilt study explores how dual-eligible beneficiaries spend

While there has been much effort to control spending for individuals eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare in the United States, for the first time a team of Vanderbilt health policy researchers have analyzed spending trends for this population over a multiyear period in order to gain a much clearer understanding of exactly how much is being spent and by whom.

By Jill Clendening
June 19, 2017

Uninsured emergency department visits down after Medicaid expansion

Fewer uninsured patients are walking through the doors of Emergency Departments in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), even though the total number of visits has increased since 2014, according to an Annals of Emergency Medicine study released Monday.

By Craig Boerner
April 17, 2017

In emergencies, insurance matters

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act provides patients with a greater choice of hospital facilities, Vanderbilt researchers have found.

By Paul Govern
February 1, 2017

Early experience with federal health coverage suggests how future Medicaid reforms may work

Proposed Medicaid reforms are similar to the capped federal financing system in place during the '50s and early '60s, when states generally reimbursed a much smaller proportion of health care for the needy.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 29, 2016

M.D. affiliation and Medicaid access

By Paul Govern
November 2, 2015

Medicaid access state by state

Clinics with more non-physician clinicians are associated with better access for Medicaid patients and lower prices for office visits, according to a recent study.
By Paul Govern
March 6, 2013

USA Today: Gunshot wounds drive up government health care costs

As advocates and politicians debate gun control issues, economists say gun injuries and deaths have cost billions in court proceedings, insurance costs and hospitalizations. Manish Sethi, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, has studied healthcare costs associated with gun violence and is quoted.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 20, 2012

Study examines ACA’s impact on uncompensated care

By VUMC News and Communications