This brief describes five key takeaways from CMS’s Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. It includes information about how CMS intends to review state applications and distribute funds and ongoing questions about the impact on rural hospitals, the distribution of funds across rural hospitals and states, and issues related…
When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child’s palm. “He must have gotten it between the front door and the car,” Lai later recalled, and the child wasn’t complaining. The doctor grabbed a pair of forceps…
Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on global tuberculosis.
In a statement today, CMS confirmed that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been given access to CMS payment systems: CMS has two senior Agency veterans – one focused on policy and one focused on operations – who are leading the collaboration with DOGE, including ensuring appropriate access to CMS systems…
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest clinic was almost an hour’s drive away and she couldn’t drive herself. But at least she didn’t have to worry about the cost of care. As a parent with young…
Just a year after its launch, Bluebird Kids Health is already announcing plans to double its number of pediatric clinics. The startup seeks to improve pediatric care access in underserved areas by building practices in these neighborhoods and accepting all insurance types. The post Bluebird Kids Health to Expand By Opening New Pediatric Clinics appeared…
The reintroduction of the “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act” marks a critical step toward modernizing the prior authorization process within Medicare Advantage plans. So, what does this mean for patients and providers moving forward? The post Navigating the Government’s Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Changes appeared first on MedCity News.
Changing any status quo is challenging, but maintaining the status quo of low patient literacy in healthcare is costly and detrimental to both patients and healthcare organizations. Investing in patient literacy is therefore investing in healthcare itself. The post Oncology Nurses Are Key to Patient Literacy But They Need Support appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief provides background on gender affirming care and state bans, explains the legal challenge to the Tennessee law, and explores the potential Supreme Court ruling and impact on access across the country.
The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. About 8% of Americans were uninsured, a statistically insignificant increase of just 0.1 percentage point from a year…