Safety Net Providers

Community health centers, hospitals and physicians all play important roles in the health care safety net by providing care to low-income and/or uninsured people. HSC analyses track how changes in health care markets affect these providers

Title	Date	Document Info
Community Approaches to Providing Care for the UninsuredErin Fries Taylor, Peter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie	April 11, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Caught in the Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin and Mission in a Profit-Driven Health Care MarketPeter J. Cunningham, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Aaron Katz	Aug. 12, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
A Widening Rift in Access and Quality: Growing Evidence of Economic DisparitiesRobert E. Hurley, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gary Claxton	Dec. 6, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental IllnessesPeter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie, Erin Fries Taylor	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
What Accounts for Differences in the Use of Hospital Emergency Departments Across U.S. Communities?Peter J. Cunningham	July 18, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting from Lost Insurance Coverage? Race/Ethnicity DifferencesJack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham, J. Lee Hargraves	November/December 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Changes in Medicaid Physician Fees, 1998-2003: Implications For Physician ParticipationStephen Zuckerman, Joshua McFeeters, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	June 23, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians?Peter J. Cunningham, Ann S. O'Malley	Nov. 18, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to CarePeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	July/August 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community CollaborativesLaurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Gretchen Kishbauch	July 2011	Journal Article Health Affairs
Availability of Safety Net Providers and Access to Care of Uninsured PersonsJack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2004	Journal Article Health Services Research
The Resilience of the Health Care Safety Net, 1996-2001Laurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser, Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, Patricia Lichiello	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Identifying Affordable Sources of Medical Care Among Uninsured PersonsPeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley, Genevieve Kenney, Amy J. Davidoff	January 2007	Journal Article Health Services Research
The Contribution of Insurance Coverage and Community Resources to Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to CareJ. Lee Hargraves, Jack Hadley	June 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research,
The Effects of Medicaid Reimbursement on the Access to Care of Medicaid Enrollees: A Community PerspectivePeter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	December 2005	Journal Article Medical Care Research and Review
Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in New Growth Communities and Major Hispanic CentersPeter J. Cunningham, Michelle I. Banker, Samantha Artiga, Jennifer Tolbert	Sept. 21, 2006	Research Report
Alabama’s Pass on Medicaid Expansion Leaves Birmingham’s Uninsured with Weak Safety NetHa T. Tu, Emily Carrier, Amanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
A Growing Hole in the Safety Net: Physician Charity Care Declines AgainPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	March 2006	Tracking Report No. 13
Mounting Pressures: Physicians Serving Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured, 1997-2001Peter J. Cunningham	December 2002	Tracking Report No. 6