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Economic Changes Hurt The Bottom Line For Rural Ga. Hospitals

By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News March 27, 2013 KFF Health News Original

To save money, some cut procedures, such as labor and delivery services, but a growing number are forced to close.

As Refugees Settle In, Health Care Becomes A Hurdle

By Ankita Rao April 17, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Ashenafi Waktola relies on his own experience as a refugee from Ethiopia to shape his practice in Silver Spring, Md. where almost 50 percent of his patients are refugees. The 76,000 new arrivals from troubled countries who come to the U.S. each year qualify for government health care for eight months, but they often face language barriers and a confounding system when that special status elapses.

Medicaid Expansion Divides Florida GOP

By Lynn Hatter, WFSU March 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

House speaker talks about his family’s reliance on “safety net” help when he was young, but he still opposes health law’s new Medicaid funding.

Long Waits For Consumers When Medicare Is ‘Secondary Payer’

By Michelle Andrews January 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A new law sets schedules for providing details about medical claims in cases where a beneficiary suffers a personal injury due to someone else’s negligence.

The ‘Yawning’ Chart Med School Students Fear

By Ankita Rao February 13, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Medical school students call this chart the “jaws of death.” The graph from the Association of American Medical Colleges displays a yawning gap between the increasing number of med school grads looking for residencies and the number of residency slots available to them. “This is the only time in the history of the U.S. that […]

Ohio, Arkansas May Provide New Model For Insuring Low-Income Residents

By Christine Vestal, Stateline March 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Other states are watching as the federal government appears likely to allow the two states to use federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private coverage on their insurance exchanges.

Arkansas Medicaid Plan, Born Of Necessity, Shakes Things Up

By Julie Rovner, NPR News March 26, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. Since the Supreme Court made the Medicaid expansion under the federal health law optional last year, states’ decisions have largely split along party lines. States run by Democrats have been opting in; states run by Republicans have mostly been saying no or holding back. But now Arkansas – at the […]

Valentine’s Day Surprise: Senate Democrats Blast Obamacare Implementation

By Phil Galewitz February 14, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Senate Democrats on Thursday showed little love to the Obama administration for how it is implementing the federal health law. Testifying before the powerful Senate Finance Committee, the administration’s top regulator on new health exchanges encountered criticism from several Democrats who helped push through the 2010 federal health overhaul — among them Chairman Max Baucus of […]

Obama: ‘The Law Is Here To Stay’

May 10, 2013 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday on the health law, and he emphasized his administration’s commitment to moving forward with a full rollout of all the law’s provisions.

Expert: Hospitals’ ‘Humongous Monopoly’ Drives Prices High

By Jay Hancock March 4, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The American Enterprise Institute didn’t plan its panel last week on hospital consolidation to coincide with Steve Brill’s much-talked-about Time magazine article on hospital prices. But the Friday session could have taken the piece, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us, as its text. Participants mentioned it several times. The basic message, delivered at the pro-markets […]

Post-Sandy, NYU Langone Has Reopened, But Can It Regain Market Share?

By Jenny Gold February 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Some 500 NYU doctors found refuge at other hospitals while NYU was closed following Hurricane Sandy. Now, the question looms whether all of the patients and doctors will return.

A Bump In The Road To Accountable Care?

By Jenny Gold March 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The Pioneer accountable care organizations have long been the shining stars of the Affordable Care Act’s strategy to rein in the country’s out-of-control spending on health care. The 32 organizations are part of a Medicare pilot project called for in the health law that could revolutionize the health system by paying doctors and hospitals for […]

Lawmaker Pitches New FDA Office Of Mobile Health

By Jenny Gold September 26, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A bill set to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives later this month aims to smooth the FDA’s evaluation process for mobile health apps.

Hospices, Wary Of Costs, May Be Discouraging Patients With High Expenses

By Michelle Andrews January 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A survey finds that more than three-quarters of hospices have restrictive enrollment policies designed to keep away patients with high-cost medical needs.

Today’s Headlines – Jan. 2, 2013

By Lexie Verdon January 2, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a number of reports about congressional efforts to avert the “fiscal cliff.” The New York Times: Amid Pressure, House Passes Fiscal Deal Ending a climactic fiscal showdown in the final hours of the 112th Congress, the House late Tuesday passed and sent to President Obama […]

Nurse Practitioners Push To Help Care For Health Law’s Newly Insured

By Alvin Tran February 20, 2013 KFF Health News Original

In a KHN interview, David Hebert, CEO of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, says lawmakers should allow advanced practice nurses to practice more independently to make sure the nation’s 27 million newly covered will be able to get timely and quality care.

Is California Headed For State Vs. Counties Health Budget Battle?

By Sarah Varney January 11, 2013 KFF Health News Original

SAN FRANCISCO – After four years of massive budget cuts to California’s public health insurance programs – and the voters’ approval of a tax increase – Gov. Jerry Brown is laying down his scalpel. Brown presented his proposed budget for the coming year on Thursday, including an additional $350 million in funding for the state’s […]

Study: Premium Increases To Be Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage

By Julie Appleby February 6, 2013 KFF Health News Original

How the federal health law will affect premiums is among the most asked – and most controversial – questions in the final months before new rules kick in requiring most Americans to carry coverage. A white paper out Wednesday considers how the law will affect premiums for people who buy their own coverage because they […]

‘Doc Fix’ In ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Plan Cuts Medicare Hospital Payments

By Mary Agnes Carey January 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Updated at 9:30 a.m. on January 2. Legislation passed by Congress New Year’s Day to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff” would stop a scheduled payment cut in Medicare physician payments. But hospitals, which have to bear a major part of financing for that “doc fix,” are not happy. The bill would require that, over the […]

Slowly Dying Patients, An Audit And A Hospice’s Undoing

By Randy Dotinga January 16, 2013 KFF Health News Original

For one San Diego Hospice, the trouble began with a federal audit.

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