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Michael Richards

  • M.D. affiliation and Medicaid access

    M.D. affiliation and Medicaid access

    In the journal Medical Care, Michael Richards, M.D., Ph.D., MPH and colleagues report that more office-based physicians are affiliating with integrated health systems. Apparently through this affiliation, physicians become more likely to accept Medicaid patients. From 2009 to 2015, independent practices decreased from 73 percent to 60 percent… Read More

    Jun 29, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    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. Read More

    Nov 2, 2015