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Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending

By Markian Hawryluk Updated August 29, 2023 Originally Published August 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Pueblo, Colorado, residents have higher-than-average medical debt, while the city’s two tax-exempt hospitals provide relatively low levels of charity care.

Special Medicaid Funds Help Most States, but Prompt Oversight Concerns

By Andy Miller April 10, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Georgia is among 35-plus states that have used an under-the-radar federal funding mechanism to boost payments for hospitals and other providers under Medicaid. But a government watchdog and a congressional advisory commission say sparse oversight makes it hard to tell if the “directed payments” program is meeting its goals.

Will the Doctor See You Now? The Health System’s Changing Landscape

By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews June 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The “front door” to the health system is changing, under pressure from increased demand, consolidation, and changing patient expectations.

More Californians Are Dying at Home. Another Covid ‘New Normal’?

By Phillip Reese January 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The proportion of Californians dying at home, rather than in a hospital or nursing home, accelerated during the pandemic, a trend that has outlasted the rigid lockdowns linked to the initial shift.

A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It

By Angela Hart July 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Healthcare in Action, a California medical group that exclusively serves homeless people, has tapped into growing demand and funding for street medicine services. Three years in, the innovative nonprofit is raking in revenue and serving thousands of people who otherwise might flock to the hospital for high-cost care.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: On Government Spending, Congress Decides Not to Decide

September 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Congress has once again decided not to decide how to fund the federal government in time for the start of the fiscal year, racing toward a midnight Sept. 30 deadline to pass a stopgap bill that would keep the lights on for two more months. However, it does appear the FDA’s program that gets drugmakers to help fund some of the agency’s review staff will be renewed in time to stop pink slips from being sent. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews filmmaker Cynthia Lowen, whose new documentary, “Battleground,” explores how anti-abortion forces played the long game to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Hoping to Clear the Air in Casinos, Workers Seek to Ban Tobacco Smoke

By Sandy West January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Casinos in several states are fighting efforts to ban smoking, and trying to roll back existing anti-smoking laws. One planned facility even moved outside a city’s limits because of voter-approved smoking restrictions.

California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can’t Find Abortion Training

By Laurie Udesky January 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Abortion restrictions in 18 states have curtailed access to training in skills that doctors say are critical for OB-GYN specialists and others. A new California law makes it easier for out-of-state doctors to get experience in reproductive medicine.

Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, PolitiFact April 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

False claims that covid vaccines cause deaths and other diseases are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines are safe and saved lives.

Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine

By Angela Hart October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As homelessness explodes across California, so does the number of expectant mothers on the streets. Street medicine doctors are getting paid more by Medicaid and offering some of those mothers-to-be a chance to overcome addiction and reverse chronic diseases so they can have healthy babies — and perhaps keep them.

How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction

By Rachana Pradhan and Anna Werner, CBS News and Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News May 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The federal government’s arcane process for medical coding is influencing which reconstructive surgery options are available, creating anxiety for breast cancer patients.

On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery

By Angela Hart June 13, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Annie Malloy, of San Diego, is among the first to receive a new housing move-in benefit from Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. It’s an effort to help homeless and near-homeless people who might otherwise rack up huge medical bills.

Promising Better, Cheaper Care, Kaiser Permanente’s National Expansion Faces Wide Skepticism

By Harris Meyer August 15, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Permanente, the California-based health care giant, is looking to dramatically expand its national presence. It’s committed $5 billion to a new unit called Risant Health and has agreed to acquire Pennsylvania-based Geisinger, but skeptics wonder how it will export its unique model to other states.

Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs

By Brett Kelman and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio February 13, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As a money-saving strategy, emergency rooms are turning to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other staffers who earn far less than physicians.

A Sexual Assault and Years of Calls From Debt Collectors

By Noam N. Levey Updated July 25, 2022 Originally Published June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Edy Adams had just graduated from college when she was sexually assaulted in 2013. After getting examined at an ER, she received calls from debt collectors for years over a $131 bill. “I was being haunted by this zombie bill.”

Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Tony Leys January 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Fewer than two dozen rural hospitals were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals in the program’s first year. Now, advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are necessary to lure more takers and keep health care in rural communities.

California Wants to Snip Costs for Vasectomies

By Rachel Bluth August 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Vasectomies can cost hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket — or more. State lawmakers are debating whether to make the procedure free to millions of men.

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.

Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows

By Yuki Noguchi, NPR News October 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A youth mental health crisis and a shortage of therapists and other care providers who take insurance are pushing many families into financial ruin. But it’s rarely acknowledged as medical debt.

Readers and Tweeters Connect the Dots on Topics From Vaccine Development to Long Covid

July 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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