Is This A Healthcare Economy?
This analysis examines recent jobs growth in health care and how it compares to the…
Is This A Healthcare Economy?
This analysis examines recent jobs growth in health care and how it compares to the rest of the economy. Health care employment has grown faster than other sectors of the economy, with jobs in physician offices, hospitals, outpatient care centers, home health, and other settings increasing over the past year even as the rest of…
As HHS Restores the LGBTQ 988 Suicide and Crisis Line Under Pressure From Congress, Questions Remain
988 is the federally mandated suicide and crisis line, overseen by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Between March 2023 and June 2025, and at the direction of Congress, 988 offered a specific service to meet the needs of LGBTQ young people. The service was ended under the Trump Administration in July…
Trump Administration Announces $90 Payments to Help Cover Medicare Part B Premiums
The Trump administration is issuing one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries to help cover Part B premiums, though the payments may do little to offset rising healthcare costs. The post Trump Administration Announces $90 Payments to Help Cover Medicare Part B Premiums appeared first on MedCity News.
Rural and Urban Health Center Patients and Financing
This brief reports on rural and urban health center patients and financing in 2025 using national data from the Uniform Data System (UDS) and examines potential impacts of recent federal policy changes.
When Prevention Isn’t Enough
This webinar explores how healthcare organizations can strengthen cyber resilience, prepare for disruption and keep patient care moving when critical systems go offline.
States’ Use of Program Integrity Tools in Medicaid Home Care
This issue brief provides new information about Medicaid home care program’s use of program integrity tools from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs.
NCQA Data Quality Framework to Support Digital Measure Transition
Marlene McIntyre, assistant vice president of digital solutions at NCQA, speaks with Healthcare Innovation about accelerating the transition to digital quality measurement.
The Biggest Healthcare Fix Might Not Come From a Vendor
Nobody has ever needed convincing on what to fix. What they’ve lacked is a way to act on it themselves, in something close to real time instead of on a vendor’s roadmap. The post The Biggest Healthcare Fix Might Not Come From a Vendor appeared first on MedCity News.
A Look at Waiting Lists for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services from 2016 to 2026
This data note provides new information about waiting lists from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs, including a discussion of why waiting lists are an incomplete measure of unmet need and why they are not necessarily comparable across states or over time, despite KFF’s efforts to obtain as consistent data as…
Strengthening Dental Payment Integrity Through Smarter Claim Editing
[Sponsored] Fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) continue to challenge dental plans as overtreatment, miscoding and inappropriate billing practices drive unnecessary costs and weaken payment integrity. For dental payers, the stakes extend beyond financial losses: these issues can also expose members to unnecessary procedures and consume benefits that should be preserved for appropriate care. The post…
