Más de 1.500 centros de salud financiados con fondos federales —que ofrecen servicios a millones de personas de bajos ingresos— enfrentan desafíos financieros significativos, según sus líderes, ya que el cierre parcial del gobierno se suma a otros recortes en sus ingresos. Algunos de estos centros de salud comunitarios podrían verse obligados a reducir personal…
About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their revenue. Some of these community health centers may have to cut medical and administrative staff or reduce services. Some could eventually close. The result, their advocates warn,…
KFF’s Health Tracking Poll finds that more than three-quarters of the public say they want Congress to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year. If the credits do expire and the average premium more than doubles, seven in 10 of those who purchase their…
A new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds more than three-quarters (78%) of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits available to people with low and moderate incomes to make the health coverage purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace more affordable.
Fawad Butt and Missy Krasner started a new AI company which is building a big platform for both plans and providers in health care. PenguinAI has a cute name, but is serious about trying to provide an underlying platform that is going enable agents across the enterprise. They are health care only, as opposed to…
How does patient quality of life impact caregiving burden? Often this is determined using caregiver surveys. However, a paper by Jiao et al. (2025) aims to use a data based approach to help estimate caregiver burden. They The authors use data from the 2010-2018 Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). HRS data was selected because there…
By MIKE MAGEE For those prepared to take a deep breath and relax in the aftermath of the MAGA induced assault on the First Amendment that whipsawed Disney leadership last week as they abandoned and then rescued Jimmy Kimmel, be advised reproductive health access is at the top of the list when it comes to…
The government shutdown is drawing backlash from healthcare leaders over its potential to disrupt ACA subsidies, Medicare telehealth access and programs like SNAP. The post How Healthcare Leaders Are Reacting to the Government Shutdown appeared first on MedCity News.
Experts believe value-based care won’t ever reach scale unless fundamental barriers are addressed — including voluntary models, misaligned payer incentives, excessive metrics and weak employer engagement. The post What’s Standing in the Way of Healthcare Payment Reform? appeared first on MedCity News.
Nick Stengle will take over as the company is trimming its portfolio by nearly 100 properties. CFO Dawn Kussow said this week that factors are lining up to produce “durable, sustainable operational growth.”