A paper by Kowal et al. (2023) does in fact measure the disparities in health outcomes. To do this, they use data from the American Community Survey (ACS), the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to estimate differences in life expectancy (LY), quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE), and disability-free life…
Handspring raised $19 million in Series B funding this week to expand its pediatric mental health care model nationwide. The company treats the full spectrum of acuity so children are matched to the level of care they actually need, rather than defaulting to the most intensive — and expensive — option available. The post Handspring…
Many insurers seem to be retreating from Medicare Advantage by exiting unprofitable markets and reducing benefits. This could be extremely disruptive to patients, experts warn. The post Insurers are Pulling Back on MA. How Does this Affect Patients? appeared first on MedCity News.
For more than a decade, Kaiser Permanente has been under the microscope for shortcomings in mental health care, even as it is held in high esteem on the medical side. In 2013, California regulators fined the insurer $4 million for failing to reduce wait times, giving patients inaccurate information, and improperly tracking appointment data. And…
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…
Top challenges impacting specialty pharmacy outcomes, and how health systems may achieve efficiencies and enhance performance for optimal outcomes. The post An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy and Accelerating Performance appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare AI is developing at a rapid rate, and the industry’s attitude on how to best regulate and deploy this technology is evolving every day, according to leaders attending this year’s ViVE conference. The post ‘The Hardest Thing Is Separating the Wheat from the Chaff’: 5 Leaders on the State of Healthcare AI appeared first…
Of the plans winning five stars, three were commercial and two were Medicare plans; two were Kaiser Permanente’s
The Trump administration aims to change the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program in a way that would delay when certain drugs can be selected for negotiation. The post Trump’s Executive Order on Prescription Drug Costs Delivers a Win for Pharma Companies appeared first on MedCity News.
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call. Read Rayasam’s “Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic,” co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly. KFF Health News rural health correspondent Andrew Jones discussed the implications…