A Closer Look at Rural Nursing Homes
This analysis compares the characteristics of nursing homes in rural areas with those in urban…
A Closer Look at Rural Nursing Homes
This analysis compares the characteristics of nursing homes in rural areas with those in urban areas. This brief uses data from Nursing Home Compare, a publicly available dataset that provides a snapshot of information on quality of care in each nursing home.
AI-Driven Layoffs In Healthcare: Navigating Legal Risks and Operational Challenges
Layoffs tied to AI adoption will not be uniform; they will vary by sector, job function, and regulatory exposure. Nowhere is this more complex than in healthcare, where legal constraints, patient safety obligations, and labor dynamics intersect with rapid technological change. The post AI-Driven Layoffs In Healthcare: Navigating Legal Risks and Operational Challenges appeared first…
Zócalo Health Finds Growth in Medicaid Managed Care Partnerships
The tech-enabled, community-based primary care provider’s CEO, Erik Cárdenas, discusses $15 million Series A funding
Financial Assistance Reform Is Reshaping Revenue Cycle Strategy
Financial assistance is moving from discretionary policy to regulated infrastructure. For health systems, that shift has significant operational and financial implications. The post Financial Assistance Reform Is Reshaping Revenue Cycle Strategy appeared first on MedCity News.
Beyond Support Teams: The Strategic Role of Centers of Excellence in Healthcare
In today’s cash- and staffing-strapped, high-stakes healthcare environment, COEs are an operational necessity. The most successful organizations treat them as long-term strategic investments, or engines for scalable, sustainable transformation. The post Beyond Support Teams: The Strategic Role of Centers of Excellence in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs and the Midterms
This KFF poll finds that health care costs continue to top the public’s list of affordability worries, even as concerns about gas prices have risen in recent weeks, with two-thirds of the public expressing worry over affording health care costs.
Poll: The Cost of Health Care Remains at the Top of the Public’s List of Economic Concerns, Even as Concerns About Gas Prices Climb
Health care costs continue to top the public’s list of economic anxieties, even as fuel prices and economic uncertainty rose following the start of the Iran war, a new KFF Health Tracking poll finds. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. adults are worried about being able to afford health care costs, including three in ten who…
Saving Lives by Changing Lives: The Next Frontier in Suicide Prevention
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Someone in America dies by suicide every 11 minutes. It’s that common. But not normal. Humans have evolved over centuries to survive. So when people try to kill themselves, something…
Trump’s Medicaid Work Mandate Debuting in Nebraska to Much Dismay
Schmeeka Simpson of Omaha works as a patient navigator for the American Civil Liberties Union and an administrative assistant at Nebraskans for Peace, plus picks up shifts at a Dunkin’ shop. Still, even with three jobs, she worries about losing her health coverage when Nebraska, on May 1, becomes the first state to require certain…
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Insights from the 2026 Commonwealth Fund Report
Recent federal policy changes, including Medicaid funding cuts and restrictions on coverage for immigrants, threaten to deepen existing health disparities
