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How Medicaid Reforms Could Deepen State Coverage Gaps
Laxmi Patel of Savista discusses how the Budget Reconciliation Act could widen Medicaid coverage gaps and strain hospitals across states.
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) speaks with Laxmi Patel, chief strategy officer at Savista, about how the proposed federal Budget Reconciliation Act could reshape Medicaid coverage nationwide.
Patel explains why states with large immigrant populations, rural hospital dependence, or provider tax funding could face the most immediate disruptions and what payers can do to prepare.
Building on AJMC’s prior discussion with Patel on state-level Medicaid policy changes, this conversation explores how coverage loss, care deserts, and administrative burdens may evolve if these reforms move forward—and what proactive, state-specific strategies can help mitigate the impact.
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Subjective and Objective Impacts of Ambulatory AI Scribes
January 8th 2026Although the vast majority of physicians using an artificial intelligence (AI) scribe perceived a reduction in documentation time, those with the most actual time savings had higher relative baseline levels of documentation time.
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