Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Mounting Pressures: Physicians Serving Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured, 1997-2001
A "Tracking Report" from the Center for Studying Health System Change that examines the small decrease in physicians serving Medicaid patients and the large decrease in those providing charity care, and warns that "new budget pressures could lead states to freeze or cut Medicaid provider payment rates, which could then trigger access problems."  
  

SSA Disability: Enhanced Procedures and Guidance Could Improve Service and Reduce Overpayments to Concurrent Beneficiaries
A report from the General Accounting Office that examines differences in the work incentives in the Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare and Medicaid programs. This report is available through the Open Minds web site, which routinely makes a selection of white papers and reports available at no charge.