Integrating Street Psychiatry Into the Larger Los Angeles Medical Ecosystem
L.A. County’s Shayan Rab, M.D., describes how street psychiatry has been integrated with specialty field-based mental health services and acute care settings
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The Trump Administration Executive Order on Gender Continues to Reverberate
This Policy Watch examines the continued impact the Trump Administration’s Executive Order on gender is having on LGBTQ health policy issues, inlcude the removal of information and data, adoption of new CDC priorities, and approach to new PrEP recommendations.
A New Reproductive Health Landscape? Possible Actions that Could be Undertaken During the Second Trump Administration
This brief reviews some of the possible actions of the incoming Trump administration and new Congress based on campaign statements, policies implemented by the first Trump administration, and proposals forwarded by allied conservative think tanks and antiabortion advocacy groups.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs Political Consequences of Health Policy Legislation
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…
How Is Your County Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? Our Tracking Tool Follows the Money.
LISTEN: Big cuts to Medicaid mean some states will have to scramble to keep offering treatment for addiction. KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on Jan. 14 to explain why addiction care advocates worry opioid settlement money could end up plugging holes in state budgets instead of fighting the…
Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026
The Medicare Part D program provides an outpatient prescription drug benefit to 56 million older adults and people with long-term disabilities in Medicare who enroll in private plans. This brief analyzes Medicare Part D enrollment, premiums, and cost sharing in 2026 and trends over time, based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Payment Rates for Medicaid Home Care Ahead of the 2025 Reconciliation Law
Increased payment rates for Medicaid home care workers are states’ key approach to addressing workforce shortages. This issue brief describes Medicaid payment rates for home care and other workforce supports that are in place in 2025, before the majority of the 2025 reconciliation law provisions start taking effect.
The Evolving Medical Practice: How Doctors Can Adapt and Prosper In a Changing Environment
Building a medical practice that’s truly resilient can feel like pushing a rock up a hill. However, physicians who are ready, willing and able to stay adaptable and seize opportunities will give their medical practices staying power. The post The Evolving Medical Practice: How Doctors Can Adapt and Prosper In a Changing Environment appeared first…
Tracy DeTomasi, Callisto
Callisto is a non-profit tech company that helps survivors of sexual violence identify repeat offenders. The company was started a few years back by Jess Ladd and Tracy DeTomasi took over as CEO a few years back, It focuses on college campuses where 90% of assaults are perpetrated by repeat offenders, who on average commit…
Cleveland Clinic Digital Chief: Pick AI Problems That Clinicians Actually Care About
Ensuring buy-in from end users is critical to hospitals’ AI success. To achieve buy-in, hospitals should start by adopting AI tools that address the problems that physicians and nurses have identified as most important to them, said Rohit Chandra, chief digital officer at Cleveland Clinic. The post Cleveland Clinic Digital Chief: Pick AI Problems That…