In 2020, 672,727 or 1% Medicaid Beneficiaries consumed $174 billion of healthcare services. The top 1% Medicaid super-utilizers accounted for 25% of the 2020 Medicaid budget, averaging $260,000 ...

There is no set definition of who constitutes a super-utilizer. Generally, they are patients who are among the top 1 percent based on their health care expenses, not including trauma victims or ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - After the Washington State Supreme Court struck down Spokane's anti-camping ban within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, and daycare centers, Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown leaned on existing ...

A high utilizer is an individual who repeatedly visits an emergency department, continually taxing health care resources. That’s how medical experts define the term, anyway. But that’s just one of the ...