State Tries New Tack To Cut ER Visits By Medicaid Patients

Friday, June 22 on KUOW
Since last September, Washington hospitals and emergency room physicians have been at odds with the state. The center of their dispute: how to cut costs from ER overuse by Medicaid patients. Medicaid is a federal–state program for people without insurance. In the past year, four out of 10 Medicaid clients went to the ER. Recently both sides reached a compromise. For...