With President-elect Trump returning to the White House and Republicans controlling Congress, significant changes to the Medicaid expansion are expected. This data note provides key facts on the Medicaid expansion, highlighting the financial and coverage impacts of any changes across states that voted for President-elect Trump and those that voted for Vice President Harris.
How has President Trump’s recent executive orders reshaped the US healthcare system? Below, I summarize the healthcare-related Executive Orders that were released this week: ACA premium subsidies will be reduced: Trump rescinded Biden’s executive order that led to longer enrollment periods for Affordable Care Act plans in most states. In short, in 2021, temporary subsidies…
El triunfo electoral del ex presidente Donald Trump y su regreso a la Casa Blanca probablemente traerán cambios que reducirían los programas nacionales de salud públicos, aumentando la tasa de personas sin seguro e imponiendo nuevas barreras al aborto y otros servicios de salud reproductiva. Las repercusiones se sentirán mucho más allá de Washington, DC,…
Besides the impact to physician satisfaction, the cost of this administrative burden is staggering: Organizations spend $82.7 billion annually on documentation, coding, and other administrative tasks, straining both budgets and staff. The post Tackling Burnout: How AI Lifts the Coding Burden on Physicians appeared first on MedCity News.
December saw a slew of executive hires, promotions, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, companies like Humana and Mayo Clinic hired new C-suite leaders, organizations including Atlantic Health System and Amwell are saying goodbye to key executives, and firms like CVS Health and Optum announced rounds of job cuts. The post Healthcare…
This post looks at federal government databases with key health data that went offline on Jan. 31, 2025, including several related to HIV, some of which had returned by Feb. 2, 2025. It briefly describing the affected databases, which include widely used, large-scale national health surveys, indices, and data dashboards, that inform research, policy making,…
This chart collection compare health outcomes, quality of care, and access to services between the U.S. and peer countries. While inconsistent and imperfect metrics make it difficult to firmly assess system-wide health quality in the U.S., a review of the available data prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that in most of…
When epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer tries to evaluate how well Montana might be able to ward off the measles outbreak spreading across the U.S., she doesn’t have much data to work with. A federal state-by-state survey last year showed that just over 86% of Montana’s 2-year-olds had recently received the measles, mumps, and rubella immunization. That…
Amit Kapoor, M.D., M.B.A., chief nephrology officer at Strive Health, discusses recent JAMA Health Forum study that shows little impact on home dialysis or transplant rates
By MICHAEL MILLENSOM This article is adapted from a talk given Sept. 7 at the 11th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in Irvine, California, sponsored by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. World Patient Safety Day is Sept. 17, with a series of events in Washington, D.C. from Sept. 15-17 sponsored by Patients…