What would you do if you had so much physical pain you could no longer work? Such was the case for Anita* who had to apply for food stamps to make ends meet. As a result of the pain and…
What would you do if you had so much physical pain you could no longer work? Such was the case for Anita* who had to apply for food stamps to make ends meet. As a result of the pain and…
Working as we do in some less populated states, we’ve been looking at the challenges for agencies providing services to the 60 million Americans (per 2010 Census) living in rural communities. These challenges include: Delivering services to dispersed populations Large distances between offices and…
The January 11, 2018 memo on “Opportunities to Promote Work and Community Engagement Among Medicaid Beneficiaries” has brought the topic of work requirements to the forefront in the past few months. The addition of work requirements signals a shift toward viewing Medicaid as…
We’re looking forward to seeing one of our clients in an upcoming segment of “Informed,” a short-form documentary series hosted by actor Rob Lowe that is distributed to public television stations in all 50 states. The program will focus on…
We’ve written a number of articles on how government agencies are working to improve social factors in the effort to lower medical costs. These so called “social determinants of health” can be difficult to easily address. Thus, in the effort…