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The Player-Coaches of Addiction Recovery Work Without Boundaries

By Rae Ellen Bichell November 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

States, tribes, and local governments are figuring out how best to spend billions of dollars from an opioid lawsuit settlement. One option they’re considering is funding peer support specialists, who guide people recovering from addiction as they do it themselves.

Students in Rural Colorado Are Left Without Options as Specialized Schools Close

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Helen Santoro May 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A new state law aims to keep the doors open at schools that accept students with intensive needs. One preteen in rural Colorado shows how the current system leaves some students bouncing between institutions far from home.

Baby, That Bill Is High: Private Equity ‘Gambit’ Squeezes Excessive ER Charges From Routine Births

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, boosted by private equity-backed staffing companies, have embraced a new idea: the obstetrics emergency department. Often, it is just a triage room in the labor-and-delivery area, but it bills like the main emergency department.

Journalists Examine Vaccination Rates Among Student Nurses and in Covid Hot Spots

October 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Patient Satisfaction Surveys Earn a Zero on Tracking Whether Hospitals Deliver Culturally Competent Care

By Rae Ellen Bichell September 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In an industry obsessed with consumer satisfaction national patient surveys still don’t get at an important question: Are hospitals delivering culturally competent care?

Montana Clinics That Provide Abortions Preemptively Restrict Pill Access for Out-of-State Patients

By Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts July 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but three of the state’s five clinics are limiting access to abortion pills for out-of-state patients in an effort to protect themselves and patients from legal attacks.

Schools, Sheriffs, and Syringes: State Plans Vary for Spending $26B in Opioid Settlement Funds

By Aneri Pattani November 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic, but with countless groups advocating for their share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls? More Than Half of States Expected to Ban or Restrict Abortion

By Sarah Varney May 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

If the Supreme Court affirms the leaked draft decision and overturns abortion rights, the effects would be sweeping in states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Big Biden Budget Bill Passes the House

November 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden’s social spending budget is on its way to the U.S. Senate, where Democratic leaders are (optimistically) hoping to complete work by the end of the year. Meanwhile, covid is surging again in parts of the country, along with the political divides it continues to cause. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner previews next week’s Supreme Court abortion oral arguments with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler.

In Rural America, Deadly Costs of Opioids Outweigh the Dollars Tagged to Address Them

By Aneri Pattani and Rae Ellen Bichell December 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Some people say it’s reasonable for densely populated areas to receive more settlement funds, since they serve more of those affected. But others worry this overlooks rural communities disproportionately harmed by opioid addiction.

Grupos de base lideran el camino para cerrar la brecha de mortalidad infantil en Colorado

By Rae Ellen Bichell June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Aunque Colorado se encuentra entre los estados más saludables del país, las disparidades en salud entre distintos grupos raciales y étnicos son visibles. Y un indicador clave es la mortalidad infantil.

Grassroots Groups Lead Way on Closing Colorado’s Infant Mortality Gap

By Rae Ellen Bichell June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is among about 15 states that have met federal goals to reduce infant mortality, an important indicator of overall population health. Breaking down the data by race and ethnicity, though, makes clear that major gaps remain.

Journalists Discuss Long Covid, Delta Variant, Clinic for Migrants

July 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

KHN Investigation: The System Feds Rely On to Stop Repeat Health Fraud Is Broken

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Lauren Weber December 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A months-long KHN examination of the system meant to bar fraudsters from Medicaid, Medicare, and other federal health programs found gaping holes and expansive gray areas through which banned individuals slip to repeatedly bilk taxpayer-funded programs.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Compromise Is Coming — Maybe

November 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Democratic negotiators on Capitol Hill appear to be nearing a compromise on President Joe Biden’s social spending agenda, spurred partly by Democratic losses on Election Day in Virginia. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court hints it might allow abortion providers to sue Texas over its restrictive new ban. But the relief, if it comes, could be short-lived if the court uses a second case, challenging a law in Mississippi, to weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Rae Ellen Bichell, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about an emergency bill for a nonemergency birth.

Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System

January 19, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Colorado Doubles Down on Abortion Rights as Other States — And the High Court — Reconsider

By Rae Ellen Bichell March 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court is expected to overturn or weaken “Roe v. Wade.” If that happens, Colorado may become an abortion-access island, nearly surrounded by a sea of anti-abortion states. The state is bracing for impact, and advocates are trying to shore up its abortion defenses.

The NFL Has Been Using an Unproven Measure to Get Players With Covid Back on the Field Fast

By Rae Ellen Bichell March 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Doctors and scientists are debating whether a little-known measure in covid testing should be used to distinguish who is infectious from who isn’t. The NFL adopted the practice, but laboratory professionals caution against its use.

Readers and Tweeters Take Positions on Sleep Apnea Treatment

October 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Journalists Document True Toll of Covid on Health Care’s Front-Line Force

April 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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