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Disparities Cloud Health Improvements In Past Decade, Report Finds
Federal officials note that minorities and low-income Americans continue to have less access to health care even as the country makes improvements in life expectancy and lowering death rates related to several conditions.
Administration Scales Back Expansion Of Community Health Centers
Health centers fear they won’t be able to expand fast enough to meet the growing demand from the current uninsured and the influx of people to Medicaid in 2014.
Transcript: Forecasting What ‘Essential Benefits’ Recommendations Influential Panel Will Make
Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s Julie Appleby about recommendations an Institute of Medicine panel will make to help the Department of Health and Human Services determine just what “essential benefits” insurers will have to cover in health law-mandated marketplaces.
Forecasting What ‘Essential Benefits’ Recommendations Influential Panel Will Make
Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s Julie Appleby about recommendations an Institute of Medicine panel will make to help the Department of Health and Human Services determine just what “essential benefits” insurers will have to cover in health law-mandated marketplaces.
Memphis Hospital Teams Up With Churches To Deliver Care
The Methodist Le Bonheur system and about 400 churches work together to make sure church members have social support when they go into the hospital and when they come out.
HCA May Face Big Revenue Hit If Feds Approve Texas Medicaid Plan
Hospital Corporation of America receives hundreds of millions of dollars in supplemental Medicaid money to help cover the poor and uninsured, but Texas officials suggest HCA may be benefiting the most.
In New Term, Supreme Court To Tackle Divisive Issues
The Supreme Court starts its new term Monday. Among the issues slated to be decided are if doctors, hospitals and patients can challenge state-enacted reductions in Medicaid payments.
Vermont Edges Toward Single Payer Health Care
The new system will move many state residents into a publicly financed insurance program and pay hospitals and doctors a set fee to care for patients.
Children’s Hospitals May Face Leaner Future
Cuts in Medicaid lead list of threats to the growth and profitability of children’s hospitals.
Heads Of Largest Children’s Hospitals Receive Big Salaries And Rich Benefits
Critics say generous compensation of CEOs raises questions about the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals.
Chart: CEO Pay Packages, Ranked By Hospital Revenue
2009 pay packages for the CEOs of the top 25 children’s hospitals.
Chart: The Growth Of Children’s Hospitals
Details on the financial growth of children’s hospitals over the last decade.
Costs Of Employer Insurance Plans Surge in 2011
An annual survey has found that the average cost of a family health insurance plan rose 9 percent this year – triple the growth rate seen in 2010. KHN’s Julie Appleby filed this story.
Some Doctors Refuse To Treat Kids Who Have Not Been Immunized
These pediatricians say they are worried about other patients in the waiting room, some of them too young to be immunized or with health problems that compromise their immune systems.
Influential Charity Applies Political Pressure To Win Hospital Approval On Third Try
Florida Regulators Twice Turned Down Nemours Foundation’s Request For New Children’s Hospital In Orlando, where there were already two other children’s hospitals.
Texas: Bigger Is Better As Children’s Population Booms
Healthy profits and assets fuel billions in spending by Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth hospitals.
Ohio: Children’s Hospitals Expanded Even As Number Of Kids In State Declined
Nationally, there is one bed for every 2,500 children, but Ohio has one for every 1,400 kids.
Pittsburgh: Price Of New Hospital Soared to $625 Million Amid Dispute Over How Much To Spend
Children’s hospitals are a growing business in Pennsylvania, with two large ones in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and a third costing $207 million under construction near Harrisburg.
Arizona: Hospitals Expand Even As Medicaid Cuts Take A Toll
Trying to keep up with the rapidly rising number of children, two hospitals in the Phoenix area have bucked the recession and spent heavily on new facilities.
Denver: Dueling Hospitals Compete For Patients And Prestige
Just a few years ago, Denver had one aging children’s hospital, but today there are two new ones
