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Media outlets ponder the financial status of not-for-profit hospitals, as well as the challenges facing those in rural communities. Also in the news, the hospice industry continues to fare well.
The New York Times reports that, as more patient data become digital, the risk of breaches increases.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care policy from around the country.
During a campaign appearance, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that until he became involved in government services he didn't completely understand the differences between Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, the aggressive ads being run in Iowa by another candidate, Ron Paul, may be making an impact.
By allowing states the flexibility to make key decisions, the administration avoided a "political hot potato" regarding essential benefits - the medical benefits insurers must cover under the health care law.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the tax cut extension bill -- which includes a temporary Medicare 'doc fix,' has hit a new snag
The Speaker said the 2 month payroll tax cut extension, which included a deal on Medicare payments to physicians, won't fly in the House.
The Department of Health and Human Services today released a "pre-rule bulletin" regarding the health law's essential benefits package. KHN is tracking the related news coverage.
Negotiations continue on a measure to extend the payroll tax cut. Some of the issues that are in play and that draw Democratic resistance include proposed ways to pay for this extension, such as charging upper-income seniors more for Medicare.
Democrats and their allies blasted the proposal, but the reception from the right was more positive.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health policy from around the country.
The proposal would require that home-care aides be paid minimum wage and overtime, giving the fast-growing workforce long-sought assistance.
Many of his public statements indicate he has advanced policies that would give the government a "bigger hand" in the delivery of health care. Meanwhile, a new poll shows support for President Barack Obama is low and that opinions about the health law continue to be mixed.
Media outlets track state Medicaid news from Texas, Maine and Florida.
This week's studies come from the Archives of Internal Medicine, The New England Journal Of Medicine, The Urban Institute, The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Government Accountability Office.
News outlets report on a variety of state health policy news.
A three-year study conducted by the WHO, Aga Khan University, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) "has identified key interventions to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths," PANA/Afrique en Ligne reports. "According to the study
The Department of Health and Human Services denied Florida's request on the basis that complying with the health law's medical-loss ratio rule would not destabilize the insurance market.
A study in the American Journal of Public Health indicates that many people who don't have regular contact with a physician still see a dentist at least once a year -- potentially positioning these professionals to spot the early signs of chronic illnesses.
In hospital business news, two Philadelphia landmarks agree to join operations while Jackson Hospital in Miami is facing a cash crisis. The New York Times reports that newly emboldened nurses unions are confronting hospital management over proposed budget cuts. And Houston faces the loss of a key psychiatric hospital.
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