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When Your Doctor Is Also A Lobbyist: Inside The War Over Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachana Pradhan February 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As lawmakers consider bills to protect patients against surprise medical bills, doctors have waged a stealth on-the-ground campaign to win over members of Congress. Here’s how they did it.

Timeline: History Of Blocking Regulation Of Electronic Health Records

November 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Over the past decade, government efforts to create a national system to track and analyze deaths, injuries and other adverse incidents linked to electronic health records repeatedly have failed amid opposition from the technology industry and its supporters in Congress.

Paralyzed Mice That Received Cytokine Treatment Walked Again In Just Weeks

January 25, 2021 Morning Briefing

“With a relatively small intervention, we stimulate[d] a very large number of nerves to regenerate, and that is ultimately the reason why the mice can walk again,” the lead scientist from Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum told Reuters. Other news is on covid treatments, the 340B rule, lupus nephritis and more.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: What Would Dr. Fauci Do?

November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Anthony Fauci is one of the nation’s most trusted voices during public health emergencies. As the head of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, Fauci has helped guide the nation through the HIV/AIDS epidemic and more recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika. In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” podcast, Fauci sits down with KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal to talk about how to navigate the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic and what the incoming Biden administration should do first.

Flavor Bans Multiply, But Menthol Continues to Divide

By Ana B. Ibarra November 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As states and communities ban the sale of flavored tobacco products linked to vaping, anti-smoking activists are piggybacking on the momentum to target menthol cigarettes. But some African Americans say menthol cigarette bans will lead to discrimination.

Groups Sue HHS Over Changes To Medicare 340B Drug Discount Program

December 14, 2020 Morning Briefing

They say the plan to tie drug payments to foreign prices would cause financial hardship for providers, reduce patient access and reduce pay rates from other payers, Modern Healthcare reports.

CMS: Improper Medicare Payments Drop $15B Since 2016

November 18, 2020 Morning Briefing

CMS administrator Verma Selma said the decline was due in part to improvements in home health, including a $5.9 billion decrease in improper payments.

‘An Arm And A Leg’: Can They Freaking Do That?!?

By Dan Weissmann December 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Introducing a new segment on “An Arm and a Leg” podcast: “Can They Freaking Do That?!?” We take your most vexing medical bill questions and hunt down information and experts who can help.

To Speed Up Vaccines, Don’t Be Rigid On Priority Guidelines, Surgeon General Urges States

January 6, 2021 Morning Briefing

Surgeon General Jerome Adams provided the news media a cheat sheet: “Your headline today really should be, ‘Surgeon general tells states and governors to move quickly to other priority groups.’ If the demand isn’t there in 1a, go to 1b, and continue on down,” he told NBC.

OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.

By Aneri Pattani and Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett November 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Four workers died at a facility with one of the largest U.S. outbreaks, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration never conducted an inspection. It’s a pattern that’s played out across the nation, a KHN investigation finds.

Hormone Blocker Shocker: Drug Costs 8 Times More When Used For Kids

By Sydney Lupkin, NPR News February 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Two drug implants are nearly identical. The one for children has a list price of $37,300. For adults, the list price is $4,400. One dad fought for his daughter to be able to use the cheaper drug.

Facebook Live: Intimate Lessons From The Front Lines Of Family Caregiving

November 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Family caregivers are the backbone of our nation’s system of long-term care for older adults. Every year, more than 34 million unpaid caregivers — mostly family members — provide essential aid to adults age 50 and older, helping with tasks such as bathing or dressing and, increasingly, performing complex medical tasks such as managing medications, dressing wounds and operating medical equipment.

Más adolescentes buscan atención médica para sus problemas de salud mental

By Phillip Reese November 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En 2018, los servicios de urgencias de California trataron a 84,584 pacientes jóvenes, de 13 a 21 años, con un diagnóstico primario relacionado con la salud mental.

As COVID Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media May 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Since the start of the pandemic, prisoners and their families have contradicted state officials about the conditions inside Indiana prisons. Many inmates report they’ve had no way to protect themselves from close contact with other inmates and staff members. They believe contracting the coronavirus is inevitable.

Proveedores de Medicaid, al final de la lista para recibir fondos por COVID

By Julie Rovner May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los directores estatales de Medicaid dicen que, sin financiamiento inmediato, muchas instalaciones de salud que atienden a pacientes de Medicaid podrían tener que cerrar de manera permanente.

COVID-Like Cough Sent Him To ER — Where He Got A $3,278 Bill

By Phil Galewitz May 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A dad in Denver tried to do everything right when COVID symptoms surfaced. Still, he ended up with a huge bill from an insurer that had said it waived cost sharing for coronavirus treatment. What gives?

Why Hoarding Of Hydroxychloroquine Needs To Stop

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Six states — Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas — have taken steps to limit inappropriate prescriptions for the medicine and preserve supplies for patients who take it for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Trusting Injection Drug Users With IV Antibiotics At Home: It Can Work

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR February 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When patients need long-term treatment with intravenous antibiotics, hospitals usually let them manage their treatment at home — but not if they have a history of injection drug use. A Boston program wants to change that.

Drugmakers Push Boundaries On Challenging 340B Discounts

August 20, 2020 Morning Briefing

Testing new regulatory guidance, drugmakers step up efforts to restrict how 340B providers can contract with pharmacies, Modern Healthcare reports.

Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus

By Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester July 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century. An investigation by The Associated Press and KHN has found that since 2010, spending for state public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita and for local health departments by 18%. At least 38,000 public health jobs have disappeared, leaving a skeletal workforce for what was once viewed as one of the world’s top public health systems. That has left the nation unprepared to deal with a virus that has sickened at least 2.6 million people and killed more than 126,000.

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