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Officials Weigh Options To Hold Down Medicare Costs For Hospice

By Susan Jaffe April 23, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Under Medicare’s hospice benefit, patients agree to forgo curative treatment, but they can continue to receive coverage for health problems not related to their terminal illness. Federal officials suspect some of those expenses should be covered by hospice.

An Obamacare Payment Reform Success Story – One Health System, Two Procedures

By Jay Hancock April 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

As part of an experiment run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, doctors, nurses and managers at Baptist Health System in San Antonio joined forces to cut costs for hip and knee replacements, getting patients on their feet sooner, saving taxpayers money and increasing their own earnings.

Community And Industry Health Officials Exhale As Insurance Subsidies Affirmed

June 26, 2015 Morning Briefing

Regional hospitals, doctors, insurers and health centers reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision with relief and praise after months of concern that the case could mean an increase in uninsured, unpaid bills and instability in the health market.

Mental Health Providers Look For Federal Incentives To Go Digital, Too

By Lisa Gillespie March 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is spending $26 billion to get doctors and hospitals to move to digital records to help coordinate care, but the funding does not include mental health clinics, psychologists and psychiatric hospitals.

The Red State Solution On Medicaid: Georgia’s Not Part Of It

By Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution April 1, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The final piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s series on Arkansas’ privatized Medicaid expansion looks at how several red states are considering such a model as a politically palatable way to extend coverage to the poor.

Rural Indiana Struggles With Drug-Fueled HIV Epidemic

By Sarah Varney May 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In response to an HIV outbreak of historic proportions, Indiana’s legislature passed a bill permitting drug users in areas with disease outbreaks to trade used needles for clean ones. Sarah Varney reports for KHN and PBS NewsHour from Austin, Indiana.

Missouri Gov. Endorses Work Requirement As Part Of Medicaid Expansion Plan

By Jordan Shapiro, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Despite the Democrat’s embrace of a work requirement for the first time, the plan got a hostile reaction from some GOP lawmakers.

Patient Safety Advocate Sees ‘Hope And Hype’ In Digital Revolution

By Michelle Andrews April 14, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Robert Wachter says medicine’s move to a computer age can improve care but patients still face serious challenges in adapting to the new technology and the prospect of overcoming a fragmented health system.

Tax-Time Tribulations: Health Law Complicates Filing Season For Many

By Michelle Andrews March 24, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The financial consequences of not getting insurance and the effort to reconcile premium subsidies with income are new dynamics in the current tax season.

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Advocates Push For Paid Medical, Family Leave

By Michelle Andrews April 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Two decades after passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Democrats and workers’ advocates seek paid leaves so more people can afford to take them.

Obamacare, Private Medicare Plans Must Keep Updated Doctor Directories In 2016

By Susan Jaffe March 9, 2015 KFF Health News Original

New federal rules requiring current information apply to insurers selling plans on healthcare.gov and the private policies that are an alternative to Medicare.

Even Insured Consumers Get Hit With Unexpectedly Large Medical Bills

By Julie Appleby February 18, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Enrollees may face big charges as a result of lack of transparency and confusion about insurer’s provider networks.

Hoping To Live, These Doctors Want A Choice In How They Die

By Anna Gorman March 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In a California lawsuit seeking to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications at patients’ request, two plaintiffs are physicians with serious illnesses. Both want the option of choosing to end their lives.

Measles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law

By Jenny Gold February 5, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill to eliminate a “personal belief exemption” used by parents to sidestep a school vaccination requirement.

South Florida Doctors Explain Co-Insurance, As Well As Cholesterol Counts

By Chabeli Herrera, The Miami Herald March 5, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Doctors in South Florida are placed in the sometimes awkward position of explaining to thousands of newly insured patients that their coverage doesn’t cover everything.

Advocates And Experts Debate Need For More Regulation Of Fertility Services

By Michael Ollove, Stateline March 19, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A new Utah law allowing children conceived via sperm donation to see the medical histories of their fathers is seen as an exception to otherwise light regulation of assisted reproductive technology in states.

Retail Health Care Spurs Innovation In South Florida

By Chabeli Herrera, The Miami Herald March 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In September, Florida Blue will debut three “integrated care” facilities designed to cater to South and Central American populations by offering primary care, specialty services, labs and diagnostics under one roof — a model common in Latin America.

Medical Debt Still a Problem Under Health Law — Despite Protections

By Shefali Luthra February 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The health law was supposed to keep people from going broke, but despite limits on how much people will have to pay in the face of a medical catastrophe, many are still struggling to pay their health care bills.

For Many Middle-Class Taxpayers On Obamacare, It’s Payback Time

By Anna Gorman February 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of people who received subsidies under the Affordable Care Act may have underestimated their incomes in 2014 – drawing more assistance than they were entitled to. Now many owe the government money.

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