Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the covid-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured by the knowledge that Medicaid would provide postpartum coverage for her and her daughter, Oakleigh McDonald, who…
By JASON HINES On August 1, 2025, Capital Women’s Care (CWC), one of the largest OB/GYN practices in the Mid-Atlantic region went out-of-network with UnitedHealthcare, affecting tens of thousands of women across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. The contract dispute between Capital Women’s Care (CWC) and UnitedHealthcare offers a fascinating case study in how price transparency…
A paper by Dillibe et al. (2025), examined primary data obtained from 555 US-based patients who reported switching providers between 2018 and 2022. To analyze these data, the authors used critical incident technique (CIT). CIT is implemented by asking participants to recall and describe specific events or behaviors that contributed to important outcomes (in this…
[Sponsored] Smarter Technologies CEO Jeremy Delinsky explains how the company’s AI infrastructure can help support health system’s clinical documentation improvement efforts, ultimately strengthening RCM. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Clinical Documentation Improvement With Smarter Technologies appeared first on MedCity News.
Array Behavioral Care introduced a new model called Care Pathways, which aims to make mental health treatment more consistent and personalized while also improving patient outcomes. The post Array Behavioral Care Introduces Model for Standardizing Mental Health Treatment appeared first on MedCity News.
Gilead Sciences, whose Kite subsidiary was one of the pioneers of ex vivo cancer cell therapy, is joining the pursuit of in vivo therapies with the acquisition of startup Interius BioTherapeutics. The deal follows AstraZeneca and AbbVie acquisitions this year for in vivo cell therapy developers. The post Gilead Sciences Gains In Vivo Cell Therapy…
By CHINELO GRACE CHIGOZIE The U.S. has a healthcare cost problem that everyone knows about but no one talks about openly. For decades, the same medical treatment has cost very different amounts. Hospitals down the street from each other might charge five times more or less for the exact same thing. Patients couldn’t find out…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
Since 2017, CDC has been committed to protecting patients and addressing sepsis, a life-threatening medical emergency that affects at least 1.7 million adults each year. This Sepsis Awareness Month, CDC ushers in a new chapter in advancing sepsis programs and patient care: New Innovative Tools and Scientific Work CDC has led the way providing new,…
To document the affordability challenges posed by out-of-pocket health care costs for people with Medicare, this brief analyzes out-of-pocket health care costs as a share of Social Security income and total income, including other sources of income in addition to Social Security.