Medicaid Patients in States with Relatively Higher Medicaid Reimbursement Are More Likely to Receive Imaging

A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that Medicaid patients residing in states with higher Medicaid reimbursement were more likely to receive medical imaging. However, for those who underwent imaging, the number of imaging exams they received did not vary with reimbursement. This study, published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, was based on nearly 49 million Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries 0-64 years of age in 2019. 

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