Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock was a senior correspondent for KFF Health News until he retired in Feburary 2022.

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Health Law Experiment Failed To Show Savings

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An ambitious demonstration to transform clinics into “medical homes” treating patients in the community instead of the hospital didn’t save money. Some blame the test, not the idea.

High Court Upholds Health Law Subsidies

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The 6-3 ruling stopped a challenge that would have erased subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying insurance through the federal government’s online marketplace.

‘Milestone’ Rules Would Limit Profits, Score Quality For Private Medicaid Plans

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal, which includes provisions related to network adequacy and quality standards, would be the biggest regulatory change to Medicaid managed care in more than a decade.

An Obamacare Payment Reform Success Story – One Health System, Two Procedures

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As part of an experiment run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, doctors, nurses and managers at Baptist Health System in San Antonio joined forces to cut costs for hip and knee replacements, getting patients on their feet sooner, saving taxpayers money and increasing their own earnings.

Medicaid’s Tension: Getting Corporate Giants To Do Right By The Needy

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Tennessee’s TennCare program awaits federal rules to limit insurer profits and set stricter standards for quality and doctor networks — the biggest rules change for Medicaid managed care in a decade.

Attention, Shoppers: Prices For 70 Health Care Procedures Now Online!

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Guroo.org shows the average local cost of 70 common diagnoses and medical tests in most states. That’s the real cost — not “charges” that often get marked down — based on a giant database of what insurance companies actually pay.

Mixed Results For Obamacare Tests In Primary-Care Innovation

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Early reports show two major medical-home experiments run by the health law’s Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation reduced hospitalizations in some cases but are still working to cut overall costs.