As HHS Restores the LGBTQ 988 Suicide and Crisis Line Under Pressure From Congress, Questions Remain
988 is the federally mandated suicide and crisis line, overseen by the Substance Abuse and…
As HHS Restores the LGBTQ 988 Suicide and Crisis Line Under Pressure From Congress, Questions Remain
988 is the federally mandated suicide and crisis line, overseen by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Between March 2023 and June 2025, and at the direction of Congress, 988 offered a specific service to meet the needs of LGBTQ young people. The service was ended under the Trump Administration in July…
Rural and Urban Health Center Patients and Financing
This brief reports on rural and urban health center patients and financing in 2025 using national data from the Uniform Data System (UDS) and examines potential impacts of recent federal policy changes.
When Prevention Isn’t Enough
This webinar explores how healthcare organizations can strengthen cyber resilience, prepare for disruption and keep patient care moving when critical systems go offline.
States’ Use of Program Integrity Tools in Medicaid Home Care
This issue brief provides new information about Medicaid home care program’s use of program integrity tools from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs.
NCQA Data Quality Framework to Support Digital Measure Transition
Marlene McIntyre, assistant vice president of digital solutions at NCQA, speaks with Healthcare Innovation about accelerating the transition to digital quality measurement.
The Biggest Healthcare Fix Might Not Come From a Vendor
Nobody has ever needed convincing on what to fix. What they’ve lacked is a way to act on it themselves, in something close to real time instead of on a vendor’s roadmap. The post The Biggest Healthcare Fix Might Not Come From a Vendor appeared first on MedCity News.
A Look at Waiting Lists for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services from 2016 to 2026
This data note provides new information about waiting lists from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs, including a discussion of why waiting lists are an incomplete measure of unmet need and why they are not necessarily comparable across states or over time, despite KFF’s efforts to obtain as consistent data as…
Strengthening Dental Payment Integrity Through Smarter Claim Editing
[Sponsored] Fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) continue to challenge dental plans as overtreatment, miscoding and inappropriate billing practices drive unnecessary costs and weaken payment integrity. For dental payers, the stakes extend beyond financial losses: these issues can also expose members to unnecessary procedures and consume benefits that should be preserved for appropriate care. The post…
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Divides Rural Voters, KFF-AP Poll Finds
More than a year into President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, a poll finds that voters in rural parts of the country are divided on whether those immigration policies have benefited or harmed their communities. In the Associated Press-KFF survey of more than 2,000 rural voters in August, about a third said the Trump administration’s…
Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.
Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer necessary can mix with other drugs to create concerning side effects. “Once you get to six or seven prescription medications, you get a nearly 100% chance of some sort of side effect or intolerance,” said physician K. Eric De Jonge,…
