You searched for bill of the month - Page 148 of 174 - KFF Health News

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 21, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Happy Friday! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including more details about the Department of Health and Human Services’ revised rule for accountable care organizations. The Washington Post: Obama Administration Revises Medicare Rules For Coordinated Care The move was greeted with jubilation by groups representing doctors and hospitals. But organizations for insurers and […]

Florida Readies Its Own Health Insurance Exchange

By Phil Galewitz October 9, 2011 KFF Health News Original

But it’s unlike the online marketplace required by the federal health law and draws only tepid support from health plans and insurance agents.

Health Programs Facing Cutbacks After Super Committee’s Failure

By Marilyn Werber Serafini and Mary Agnes Carey November 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

It’s a mixed verdict, however. Medicaid will be spared, and the Medicare hit will be limited to providers. But other programs, from disease prevention to public health surveillance, face big automatic cuts in 2013.

Minnesota Appeals Court Hears Case Challenging Health Law

By Elizabeth Stawicki, Minnesota Public Radio October 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul Minnesota heard arguments against the constitutionality of the health law’s mandate for individuals to buy insurance.

Colleges Face Challenges With Influx of Military Veterans

By Sandra G. Boodman November 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The demand for new services rises as veterans flock to schools around the country and need help for health, psychological and social issues that college officials generally haven’t dealt with.

N.C. Insurer Invests $15M In Docs’ Health IT

By Christopher Weaver September 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina planned to announce Wednesday that the insurer will spend $15 million to arm as many as 750 physicians in the state with state-of-the-art electronic medical records. Blue Cross, the dominant financier of the state’s health system with 54 percent of the insured on its rolls, stands to […]

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 28, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton September 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning health policy world! Today’s headlines include reports about the costs of employer insurance plans and the final installment of KHN’s Building Ambitions series. Kaiser Health News: Building Ambitions: The Big Money World Of Kids’ Care – Children’s Hospitals May Face Leaner Future (Part 3 of 3) Reporting for Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with McClatchy, […]

Insurance Commissioners Tell Congress Not To Change Medigap Policies

By Susan Jaffe September 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

State officials sending a letter that opposes changes aimed at reducing the deficit by requiring Medicare beneficiaries to pay a higher share of the cost of their supplemental insurance.

Minority Trauma Patients Are More Likely To Die At ‘Minority’ Hospitals

By Shefali S. Kulkarni September 27, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Adil Haider, a trauma surgeon and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, thought trauma would be the one medical area free from racial disparities — emergency rooms don’t check insurance, and they are required to treat anyone who comes through their doors. “With trauma, you call and the ambulance comes. We think […]

Today’s Headlines – August 30, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton August 30, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Today’s headlines include a report about a new federal and state program that will apply scrutiny to any health-premium increase of more than 10 percent. The Wall Street Journal: Steep Rises In Health Premiums Scrutinized A new federal and state program on health-insurance rates will determine whether bad publicity alone is enough to stop insurers […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 4, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Supreme Court kicked off its new term by hearing a key Medicaid case that tests whether providers and patients can go to court to challenge decisions by cash-strapped states to reduce Medicaid payments. Los Angeles Times: High Court Hears Key Medicaid Case […]

Writing The History Of Health Care Reform

By Jordan Rau September 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

You’ve read the Affordable Care Act (OK, maybe not all of it, but you’ve talked to someone who read it, or maybe even someone who helped write it). Now come two new books on the law’s making and place in health care policy history. The first, “Inside National Health Reform,” is written by John McDonough, […]

Cutting Hospital Readmissions: Revolving Doors Still Spinning, Study Finds

By Jordan Rau September 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

As Medicare figures out how to financially penalize hospitals with high readmission rates, a new Dartmouth Atlas study finds hospitals have made very little progress in ensuring that fewer patients return. One possible reason raised by the study: fewer than half of patients had a follow-up appointment with a doctor within two weeks of discharge. […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 3, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 3, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good Monday morning! Today’s headlines include stories previewing how health policy issues will fit into the Supreme Court’s new term. Politico: Larger Deal May Elude Deficit Panel A month into the supercommittee’s term, Senate Republicans are telling K Street that they don’t believe the powerful deficit-cutting panel can reach a “grand bargain” agreement, sources familiar with […]

Federal COBRA Insurance Subsidies End For Laid-Off Workers

By Phil Galewitz September 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The program

Insurers See Growing Risks As Well As Revenues In Medicaid Managed Care

By Christopher Weaver August 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

At least 20 states are expanding their Medicaid managed-care programs in an effort to contain health spending and prepare for a huge expansion of the program beginning in 2014.

VA Experience Shows Patient ‘Rebound’ Hard To Counter

By Jordan Rau September 12, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The Veterans Health Administration has long used approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed.

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 19, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton September 19, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good Monday morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how Medicare and Medicaid will fare in President Barack Obama’s deficit-reduction plan. The Washington Post: Obama’s Debt-Reduction Plan: $3 Trillion In Savings, Half From New Tax Revenue But the president won’t call for any changes in Social Security, officials say, and […]

Workers Squeezed As Employers Pass Along High Costs Of Specialty Drugs

By Julie Appleby August 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Employers struggling to keep down insurance costs are increasingly requiring workers to pay a percentage of high-cost drugs rather than a modest co-pay.

Transcript: GOP Candidates Squabble Over Health Care During Tampa Debate

September 13, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party Express debate among the Republican presidential candidates included discussion of Medicare, the health law, costs, the individual mandate and vaccines.

Filter Results

More From KFF Health News