Potential Implications of the New Medicaid Data Sharing Agreement Between CMS and ICE
This issue brief provides an overview of a new data sharing agreement for CMS to…
Potential Implications of the New Medicaid Data Sharing Agreement Between CMS and ICE
This issue brief provides an overview of a new data sharing agreement for CMS to share Medicaid data with ICE and its potential implications for health care access and data privacy.
Higher Premium Payments or Higher Deductibles: The Tradeoffs ACA Enrollees Face
This Health System Tracker analysis examines the tradeoffs ACA Marketplace enrollees must consider as they decide whether to keep their current plan or switch to a new one, following the expiration of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025.
Global Health Funding in the FY 2026 National Security, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP) Conference Bill & Explanatory Statement
On January 11, 2026, the Appropriations Committee released the FY 2026 National Security, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP) (formerly State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs [SFOPs]) appropriations bill and accompanying explanatory statement. The bill and explanatory statement include funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department.
Key Components for Intensive Outpatient Program Retention
Here are some practical strategies to build programs that address these challenges and ultimately achieve real, lasting improvement and patient success. The post Key Components for Intensive Outpatient Program Retention appeared first on MedCity News.
The Blast Radius Problem: What the 2025 AWS Outage Reveals About Healthcare’s Cloud Fragility
As more of the healthcare ecosystem depends on large-scale cloud providers, executive teams must ensure they have the visibility, governance, and architectural resilience to withstand the next unplanned disruption whether it lasts minutes or hours. The post The Blast Radius Problem: What the 2025 AWS Outage Reveals About Healthcare’s Cloud Fragility appeared first on MedCity…
MedCity Pivot Podcast: Assessing the Hype and Healthcare Potential of AI and the Guardrails Needed to Prevent Medical Errors
[Sponsored] Joining the conversation are Serge Perras of Abarca Health; Ton Roelandse with Trexin Consulting; and Bertil Chappuis of Xtillion. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Assessing the Hype and Healthcare Potential of AI and the Guardrails Needed to Prevent Medical Errors appeared first on MedCity News.
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal government. But there are strings attached. In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic…
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
Let’s be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences. The most important reason for older adults to…
Las vacunas ayudan a las personas mayores más de lo que se pensaba
Seamos claros. La razón principal para vacunarse contra la culebrilla (shingles, la infección que genera el virus herpes zóster) es que dos dosis brindan una protección del 90% contra una enfermedad dolorosa, que produce ampollas y puede causar dolor nervioso persistente y otras complicaciones graves a largo plazo. Y que afectará a un tercio de…
Impact of breast cancer therapies goes beyond just health
That is the finding from Daysal et al. (2025). We reproduce the results from an RCT showing the life-saving benefits of radiotherapy. We show radiation therapy also has economic returns: Ten years after diagnosis, treatment increases employment by 37 percent and earnings by 45 percent. Previous work has documented a substantial employment drop after a…
