Fact Based List:

5 Insights on States With Medicaid Expansion

  1. Arkansas and Kentucky residents were almost 5 percent more likely than Texas residents to report excellent health last year.
  2. Residents in expansion states were more likely to have a physician and a facility to obtain care than nonexpansion state residents.
  3. Medicaid-expansion state residents were more likely to have chronic disease treatment and receive high cholesterol or high blood sugar screening.
  4. Kentucky and Arkansas residents were less likely than Texas residents to delay care or avoid taking prescriptions out of cost concerns.
  5. Kentucky and Arkansas residents were also less likely to face challenges paying a medical bill, compared to Texas respondents.

Source: Becker's ASC
Source URL: http://www.beckersasc.com/asc-coding-billing-and-collections...