{"id":5117,"date":"2024-08-11T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncafcc2.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2024-08-11T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T15:24:10","slug":"amid-expansion-seeing-new-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncafcc.org\/es\/amid-expansion-seeing-new-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Expansion, Seeing New Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5047 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ncafcc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/863e24a59acab6ee12a83034cbbac934.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"left-image\">\n<p>Summer is almost here!<\/p>\n<p>It has been an interesting, challenging and somewhat unsettling first half of the year.\u00a0 Medicaid expansion appears to have peaked and most of our clinics are seeing new uninsured patients. As we knew before it started, expansion\u2019s impact has varied significantly from clinic to clinic.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few of the takeaways from the survey fielded by the NCAFCC a few months ago to assess the early impact of Medicaid expansion on our member clinics from Dec. 1, 2023 through the end of the first quarter March 31. The survey, completed by 84% of our members, yielded the following nuggets:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>As of March 31, 2024, responding members served 65,081 unduplicated uninsured patients, an increase of 593 over the number they were serving on Dec. 1!<\/li>\n<li>Clinics that completed the survey saw 6,029 NEW unduplicated uninsured patients in the first quarter of 2024. Many of you utilized our NCAFCC toolkit and\/or incentivized your staff to enroll new patients.<\/li>\n<li>Since expansion took effect Dec. 1, 3,818 patients of clinics responding to the survey attained Medicaid coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As many of you know, because of the backlog of needed re-certifications for Medicaid beneficiaries, many are re-enrolled in whatever Medicaid coverage they had through the end of the year.\u00a0 That could mean many individuals that have emergency COVID or Family Planning coverage may lose their benefits once they go through the re-certification process.<\/p>\n<p>I want to sincerely thank all our members for your continued service to North Carolina\u2019s most vulnerable residents.\u00a0 The uninsured still need you!\u00a0 We will be advocating for recurring funding from the North Carolina General Assembly again this fall.\u00a0 The Association continues to advocate on your behalf by utilizing your data, passion and the quality of care that you provide to your patients by telling your remarkable stories.<\/p>\n<p>Please don\u2019t forget to mark your calendars for our first in-person annual meeting since 2019, scheduled for Oct.\u00a0 24-25, 2024 in Concord.\u00a0 This conference will host a panel of your peers, a legislative panel from the health committee, dinner at the Speedway Club, and special speakers.\u00a0 The agenda for the annual meeting will be featured soon on our website, which is undergoing a much-needed facelift.<\/p>\n<p>With gratitude,<\/p>\n<p>Abril Cook<br \/>\nConsejero Delegado<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is almost here! It has been an interesting, challenging and somewhat unsettling first half of the year.\u00a0 Medicaid expansion appears to have peaked and most of our clinics are seeing new uninsured patients. As we knew before it started, expansion\u2019s impact has varied significantly from clinic to clinic. 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