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ACOs Multiply As Medicare Announces 27 New Ones

By Christian Torres and Jenny Gold April 10, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A key provision of the health law supports the creation of organizations intended to improve quality of care and to restrain rising costs.

Reporter Jenny Gold Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

December 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Reporter Jenny Gold says she’ll be watching how states cut health care in their budgets.

Health Care In The States

March 8, 2012 Page

Read more Health Care in the States stories from: 2012 Where You Live Determines How Much You Pay For Health InsuranceBy Julie Appleby and Jordan Rau, Sept. 29 In several states, consumers in high-cost areas will pay at least 50 percent more for the same type of coverage as those in lower-cost areas. Q&A With […]

The High Cost Of A Good Night’s Sleep

By Jenny Gold January 16, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Diagnosing sleep apnea, which has been shown to increase the risk of serious illnesses, is a big business. Critics worry, though, that sleep tests are overprescribed at great cost to the health system.

The Income Penalty For Diabetes: $160,000

By Jenny Gold January 9, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A young person with diabetes could earn an average of $160,000 less over their lifetime compared to someone without the disease, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Health Affairs. Adolescents with diabetes are also more likely to drop out of high school than their peers — a more pronounced […]

For Hospitals, There’s No App For That

By Jenny Gold December 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are usually eager to embrace the latest medical technology, but the road to deploying tablet computers has been bumpy.

HHS Releases Final Regulations For ACOs

By Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz October 20, 2011 KFF Health News Original

KHN staff writers Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz report on the new rule, which will make it easier for health care providers to participate in the new models of delivering health care.

When ‘Critical Access’ Hospitals Are Not So Critical

By Jenny Gold December 8, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A Medicare program intended to preserve “critical access” to rural hospitals may have grown beyond that goal, possibly keeping open hospitals that should close.

Foster Kids More Likely To Be Given Psychotropic Drugs

By Jenny Gold December 1, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Kids in foster care are significantly more likely than other children to be given mind-altering drugs, according to a study of five states released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office. The report, which focused on children in the Medicaid program, also found that foster kids were more likely to be prescribed five or more psychotropic drugs at a […]

ACOs Are Bursting Out All Over

By Jenny Gold December 1, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Accountable Care Organizations are the hot new health care trend, and there’s a new study out by Leavitt Partners trying to quantify just how hot they really are. ACOs, as defined in the 2010 health law, are a delivery model that offers doctors and hospitals financial incentives to provide good quality care to Medicare beneficiaries […]

Treating A Scorpion Sting: $ 100 In Mexico Or $ 12,000 In U.S.

By Jenny Gold November 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Say you’re trekking through the desert in Mexico, minding your own business, when all of a sudden a scorpion scrambles up your boot and stings your leg. You hobble over to a nearby clinic, where you’re given a dose of anti-venom that brings you fast relief. The charge for the serum is about $100. Now […]

Health Care In The States – Archive 2012

March 8, 2012 Page

School Cafeterias Join Fight Against Childhood ObesityBy Eric Whitney, Colorado Public Radio, Dec. 28 Increasingly, the movement to reduce childhood obesity by improving what kids eat in school has changed the game. Feds Approve Minn. Exchange, Insurers Scramble To Develop Health Plans By Elizabeth Stawicki, Minneosta Public Radio, Dec. 21 Insurers say they have to […]

Health Insurance Premiums Soar In All 50 States

By Jenny Gold November 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Another day, another piece of bad news about health insurance premiums. A state-by-state analysis finds that from 2003 to 2010, premiums for family coverage increased an average of 50 percent. At that rate, the average family premium would balloon to nearly $24,000 by 2020, according to the study, which was conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, […]

To Curb Abortions, States Focus On The ‘Supply-Side’

By Jenny Gold October 19, 2011 KFF Health News Original

States enacted a record number of abortion restrictions in the first half of 2011, many of them requiring 24-hour waiting periods, ultrasounds or parental permission to deter women from obtaining abortions. But these types of “demand-side policies” have not had much of an impact in the past on national abortion rates, according to an article […]

Pharmacists Inject New Vigor Into Flu Shot Market

By Jenny Gold October 10, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Majority of Americans still get their vaccinations from a doctor but more than 18 percent were immunized at a supermarket or drugstore last year.

Demise Of Pa. Plan For Low-Income Adults Leaves Many Uninsured

By Jenny Gold September 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Six months after the state ended the adultBasic health coverage, only about 40 percent of the enrollees went to Medicaid or a limited benefit plan opened to them.

‘Poster Boys’ Take A Pass On Pioneer ACO Program

By Jenny Gold September 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Leading hospital systems didn’t apply for Medicare reform tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.

SSI Program For ADHD, Other Disabled Kids Under Scrutiny

By Jenny Gold August 24, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The SSI program for low-income disabled children is rapidly expanding, with the biggest increase among kids with mental, behavioral and learning disorders, including ADHD, speech delays, autism, and bipolar disorder, sparking criticism in Congress.

Study: Fewer Doctors Are Offering Abortions

By Jenny Gold August 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

For women seeking an abortion, finding a doctor willing to offer the procedure is easier said than done. Ninety-seven percent of obstetrician-gynecologists have encountered patients wanting an abortion, but only 14 percent performed them, according to a study published today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. Access to abortion has become more limited over the […]

Community Hospital In Rural Arizona Finds Innovative Ways To Survive

By Jenny Gold August 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee over the past four years has made a surplus of 5 to 10 percent, a margin much higher than rural hospital averages. But it is a success that officials fear won’t continue as Arizona reduces overall health spending by $500 million in 2012.

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