Affordable Care Act Giveth toโ€”and Taketh Away fromโ€”Urgent Care Centers

Affordable Care Act Giveth toโ€”and Taketh Away fromโ€”Urgent Care Centers

William Rodney, MD couldnโ€™t jump fast enough when he found out the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or โ€œObamacareโ€) would be raising Medicaid primary care payments to Medicare levels. His urgent care practice (featured here previously; see One Year In, Latino-focused Clinic Doubles in Size) took in enough additional fees to create an outreach clinic for bilingual uninsured patients and to provide x-rays, ultrasound, and other services for underserved communities in Tennessee. Now heโ€™s worried about …

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