By OWEN TRIPP For decades, quality in healthcare has been defined on industry terms — not people’s terms. New technology and innovative health plan designs are finally changing that. People know quality when they see it, and they are definitely not seeing it in healthcare. Fifty-six percent of Americans rate the quality of care as…
Spending cuts, immigration, and Medicaid are at the top of the Washington agenda. That climate provides fertile ground for misinformation and myths to multiply on social networks. Some of the most common are those surrounding immigrants, Latinos, and Medicaid. These claims include assertions that Latinos who use Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people and…
There were gains in coverage across most racial and ethnic groups between 2019 and 2023 after several years of rising uninsured rates during the first Trump administration. The coverage gains between 2019 and 2023 were largely driven by increases in Medicaid coverage, reflecting policies to stabilize and expand access to affordable coverage that were implemented…
The recent firing of former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez and the subsequent resignation of four of the agency’s top career officials marks a major offensive by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-vaccine, anti-science agenda that will have…
Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care. The reverberations will be felt far beyond Washington, D.C., and could include an erosion…
Payment friction isn’t always obvious. It shows up in extended accounts receivable timelines, increased billing inquiries, and patients who delay payment – not because they’re unwilling to pay, but because the process made it harder than it needed to be. The post Patient Responsibility Is Rising — The Payment Experience Needs to Keep Up appeared…
Just a few years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar was dangerously high or low. The introduction of the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) made that unnecessary. The small device, typically attached to the arm, has…
Beleaguered for-profit hospital system will seek to sell off remaining operations outside of California
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on “CBS Mornings Plus” on June 10 how Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s removal of members of the CDC vaccine advisory committee could affect public health. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings Plus” Freelance journalist and KFF Health News…
HAVANA, Florida. — Para ser una comunidad rural, este pueblo de 1,750 habitantes ha sido más afortunado que la mayoría. Aquí ha ejercido un médico de familia durante los últimos 30 años. Pero eso se acabó en diciembre cuando Mark Newberry se jubiló. Para atraer a un nuevo médico, los líderes de Havana publicaron anuncios…