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October 2, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Medicare evaluated the readmission rates of the nation’s hospitals in determining the third year of penalties in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. This table lists the average impact on hospitals in each state.

State Highlights: CDC Official Says Ind. HIV Outbreak Could Be ‘A Model Response’; Minn. House GOP Advances $1B In Cuts To Health And Human Services Spending

April 29, 2015 Morning Briefing

News outlets cover health care issues in Indiana, Minnesota, California, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts, Arizona and Texas.

Drug Discount Program Has Drugmakers Crying Foul

By Kristian Foden-Vencil, Oregon Public Broadcasting June 23, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and drug makers are waging a pitched battle over the program — known as 340B — that requires drug manufacturers to give steep discounts to hospitals that treat a large percentage of poor patients.

State Highlights: State Medicaid Fraud Units Net More Than $2B

March 2, 2015 Morning Briefing

A selection of health policy stories from Connecticut, Georgia, California, Maryland, Texas, Idaho, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Wisconsin, Kansas and Washington.

More Scrutiny Coming For Medicare Advantage, Obamacare

By Fred Schulte, The Center For Public Integrity November 3, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials are planning a wide range of audits into billing and government spending on managed health care in the new fiscal year, ranging from private Medicare Advantage groups that treat millions of elderly to health plans rapidly expanding under the Affordable Care Act.

Rite Aid Spends $2B To Acquire Pharmacy Benefits Manager

February 12, 2015 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, WellCare earnings report indicates that the severe flu season has taken its toll on profits.

Good News For Boomers: Medicare’s Hospital Trust Fund Appears Flush Until 2030

By Julie Rovner July 28, 2014 KFF Health News Original

But the fund that pays disability benefits needs help fast.

Report: Medicaid Expansion Will Bring Kentucky A Seven-Year, $1B Windfall

February 13, 2015 Morning Briefing

The state’s Democratic governor released the report by Deloitte Consulting and the University of Louisville’s Urban Studies Institute, which projects the expansion brings the state a net gain, including 40,000 new jobs through 2021. News outlets from Vermont, Ohio and Texas also track debates related to expansion.

Obamacare Creates Boom For Federal Contractors

By Jay Hancock December 8, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Surging contracts related to the Affordable Care Act have helped make the Department of Health and Human Services a fount of revenue for private business.

State Highlights: Blue Shield Of Calif. Spent $1.25B On Care 1st Deal; States Expand Access To Opioid Rescue Drug

March 25, 2015 Morning Briefing

A selection of health policy stories from California, Texas, Minnesota, Connecticut, Louisiana, Ohio, Washington and North Carolina.

Drug Discount Policy For Hospitals, Clinics Under Scrutiny

By Mary Agnes Carey June 23, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Critics argue that some facilities using the program should not be eligible and that the money they receive from the sale of the discounted drugs is not always being plowed back into patient care.

Readers Ask About Contraceptive Coverage And Medicare Enrollment

By Michelle Andrews July 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News’ consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers these questions.

States Prepare No ‘Plan B’ Ahead Of High Court Subsidy Ruling

January 16, 2015 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, California rejects UnitedHealth’s bid to sell exchange policies statewide and an estimated 76,000 Kansans sign up for health law policies.

Hospitals See $46B In Unpaid Bills Before Health Law’s Insurance Expansions

January 26, 2015 Morning Briefing

The data comes from a 2013 survey by the American Hospital Association. Other stories look at how hospitals are faring under the law’s new incentive programs to boost quality and at the vice president’s call for renewed focus on patient safety.

L.A. County Officials Allegedly Reduced Penalties In 3 Nursing Home Deaths

By Anna Gorman October 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The cases appear to flesh out an auditor’s finding in August that citations recommended by inspectors were downgraded without explanation.

High Court Rules Anti-Abortion Group Can Sue Over Election ‘Truth-Telling’ Law

By Julie Rovner June 16, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A group challenging an Ohio election law that makes it a crime to make “false statements” about a candidate’s record during a campaign has standing to challenge the constitutionality of that law, according to today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision. The opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, did NOT strike down Ohio’s false statement law. But […]

Wrestling With A Texas County’s Mental Health System

By Jenny Gold August 20, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Strong leadership and common-sense budgeting created a model mental health care system in San Antonio.

You’re Being Observed In The Hospital? Patients With Private Insurance Better Off Than Seniors

By Susan Jaffe September 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Among the most significant difference is that patient with their own insurance don’t face the same danger of losing nursing home coverage.

HHS Official: Healthcare.gov Updates Will Be ‘Improvement But Not Perfection’

September 10, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Testifying before a House subcommittee, a key Obama administration official lays out the updates that HHS is making to the online marketplaces before enrollment begins in November. Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro’s Jennifer Haberkorn discuss.

Must A Divorced Dad Cover Adult Kids; Will Medicare Pay For Infusion Therapy

By Michelle Andrews August 12, 2014 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s consumer columnist Michelle Andrews explores a divorced mother’s efforts to get her ex-husband to keep their sons on his plan, one senior’s problems getting Medicare to cover his antibiotic infusion at home and what earnings one reader will have to count when applying for premium subsidies.

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