The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
60,721 - 60,740 of 112,425 Results
Five separate groups of New Hampshire hospitals and other health care providers are forming "accountable care organizations" as part of a pilot program intended to keep patients healthy and costs down.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that in primary care specialties, residency programs fight to capture the attention of potential residents who are in high demand.
The Cleveland Clinic agrees to an affiliation agreement with a suburban Chicago hospital "designed to enhance the heart care provided at the 313-bed hospital and potentially bring Cleveland Clinic patient referrals," the Chicago Tribune reports.
More than 85 percent of small businesses - with less than 25 employees - in Utah will be eligible for federal tax credits to help pay for employee health coverage according to two lobbying groups that favored the health overhaul.
States address a range of health policy issues.
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Commonwealth Fund, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
News outlets report on abortion coverage restrictions in state high-risk pools.
Federal study finds "a 400 percent increase in the number of people admitted to treatment for abusing prescription pain medication," the Associated Press reports.
Dr. Thomas Frieden says "some of America's biggest killers -- heart disease, cancer and lung disease -- can be tamed with prevention strategies," the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.
State Medicaid directors say they are worried about how the expansion of Medicaid required in the new health law will work.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about a Medicaid chief who says states need details on health reform implementation.
"Early treatment for HIV cuts patients' risk of death by about 75 percent," according to a study conducted in Haiti and published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. The study also demonstrated that "early antiretroviral treatment reduces the likelihood of tuberculosis, a leading cause of death among HIV patients, by 50 percent," the news service writes (Aquino, 7/14).
African Union (AU) summit delegates have started arriving in Uganda for a series of meetings ahead of the 15th AU Summit, which takes place July 19-27 in the capital of Kampala, the New Vision reports (Musoke, 7/14).
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "urged governments and health advocates Tuesday to 'get more out of every dollar' in the fight against AIDS, saying the global economic downturn has hit funding for the disease," Agence France-Presse reports.
There is a higher number of poor people in eight Indian states than in 26 of the poorest African countries, according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which was developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with support from the U.N., the BBC reports (7/13).
The recommendations of a federal task force on preventive care - once just suggestions for doctors - will soon become coverage requirements for private insurers under regulations unveiled Wednesday by the Obama administration.
Senate Republicans are still angry that President Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the July Fourth recess.
The Sacramento Bee and The Seattle Times report that the "choices that anesthesiologists make at a midsize hospital can have the carbon footprint of a small fleet of automobiles, according to a physician who calculated the effects of different options."
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
© 2026 KFF