Background: The goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was to
expand patient access to health care. Since the rollout of the PPACA, Medicaid patients …

Background: The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act has expanded Medicaid eligibility in
recent years. However, the provisions of the act have not translated to improved Medicaid …

Background A current appraisal of access to orthopaedic care for the adult patient receiving
Medicaid is important, since Medicaid expansion was written into law by the Patient …

Background: Access to care is limited for patients with Medicaid with many conditions, but
data investigating this relationship in the orthopaedic literature are limited. The purpose of …

Background: In the senior author's (XL) orthopaedic sports medicine clinic in the United
States (US), patients appear to have difficulty finding physical therapy (PT) practices that …

This study evaluated access to knee arthroplasty and revision in 8 geographically
representative states. Patients with Medicaid were significantly less likely to receive an …

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of insurance type (Medicaid,
Medicare, and private insurance) on access to foot and ankle surgeons for total ankle …

Background: The rise in consumer-centric health insurance plans has increased the
importance of the patient in choosing a provider. There is a paucity of studies that examine …

Background: Non-and underinsured individuals experience poor access to care and
treatment delays. Meniscal injury is a common reason for surgical intervention in the …

Background: Charge and reimbursement trends for arthroscopic partial meniscectomies
among orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and hospital/surgery centers have not …