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Despite Losing Federal Money, California Is Still Testing Uninsured Residents for Covid — For Now

By Rachel Bluth April 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Federal funding that paid for covid testing, treatment, and vaccines for uninsured people has run out. While some states struggle to make up the difference, California is relying on other state and local programs to continue free testing.

Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses

By Lauren Weber July 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic disrupted all sense of normalcy for U.S. hospitals, so federal officials are proposing to pause financial penalties against the facilities and to block public access to key hospital safety data — such as the frequency of falls and sepsis — because of concerns that the data isn’t accurate enough. But consumer advocates are furious about the proposal.

Crowdsourced Data on Overdoses Pinpoints Where to Help

By Renuka Rayasam July 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

University of Texas researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, they say, it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now and can be used immediately to prevent overdoses.

Critics Worry Government Surveillance of HIV May Hurt More Than It Helps

By Sam Whitehead July 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Some people living with HIV and some state health officials are raising concerns about part of the federal effort to end the HIV epidemic: a new technology that analyzes blood samples to find emerging outbreaks. The critics say it’s too invasive and stigmatizing and might not be more effective than older public health approaches.

Last Thing Patients Need During Pandemic: Being Last to Know a Doctor Left Network

By Michelle Andrews July 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health plan network changes occur all the time as doctors retire, relocate or leave networks. Unfortunately, patients may be the last to find out about such changes because there are often few requirements that either providers or insurers inform them.

California Joins States Trying to Shorten Wait Times for Mental Health Care

By April Dembosky, KQED November 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In California, health insurers blame long waits for therapy appointments on workforce shortages, but state lawmakers say that’s an excuse. A new law requires insurers to reduce wait times for mental health appointments to no more than 10 business days.

The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths

By Rachel Scheier May 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections. The movement harks back to the 1980s, when Mothers Against Drunk Driving activated a generation of parents.

Seniors With Prediabetes Should Eat Better, Get Moving, but Not Fret Too Much About Diabetes

By Judith Graham June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

About half of adults 65 and older have above-normal blood sugar levels that put them in the prediabetes category. Although that is a signal to improve your eating habits and get more exercise, researchers say only a small percentage of the group will develop diabetes.

With Sexually Transmitted Infections Off the Charts, California Pushes At-Home Tests

By Rachel Bluth January 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A new law makes California the first state to require that health insurance plans, including Medicaid, cover home STI tests. But some details still need to be worked out.

Digital Mental Health Companies Draw Scrutiny and Growing Concerns

By Harris Meyer July 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Consumers who have trouble getting in to see a therapist are turning to online behavioral health providers that offer quick access. But there’s limited research on their effectiveness.

Trauma Surgeons Detail the Horror of Mass Shootings in the Wake of Uvalde and Call for Reforms

By Andy Miller and Lauren Sausser June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Trauma surgeons say that the weapons used in mass shootings are not new but that more of these especially deadly guns are on the street, causing injuries that are difficult to survive.

Surprising Swings In Momentum For Legislation On Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachel Bluth December 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A legislative compromise on how to curb unexpected out-of-network medical bills has made recent progress. But many insiders expect work to continue into 2020.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Kids Are Not OK

February 16, 2023 Podcast

A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that teenagers, particularly girls, are reporting all-time high rates of violence and profound mental distress. Meanwhile, both sides in the abortion debate are anxiously waiting for a district court decision in Texas that could effectively revoke the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more.

California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The law doesn’t take effect until July, but its passage should force insurers to expand their rosters of therapists. Here’s how you can challenge your health plan’s mental health services until then.

How a Former Catholic Priest Is Navigating a California Medicaid Plan Through Big Changes

By Bernard J. Wolfson April 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Michael Hunn left the clergy and became a hospital and health system executive. He’s been named CEO of CalOptima, Orange County’s Medi-Cal health insurance plan for low-income residents, and his spiritual background is helping him guide the publicly run plan into the future.

Abortion Politics Lead to Power Struggles Over Family Planning Grants

By Katheryn Houghton May 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Conservative-leaning states and nonprofit reproductive health care providers are competing over control of states’ Title X funding for family planning programs.

Long Wait for Justice: People in Jail Face Delays for Mental Health Care Before They Can Stand Trial

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People in jail who have serious mental illness and cannot stand trial because of their condition are waiting months, or even more than a year, to get into their state psychiatric hospitals.

New Weight Loss Treatment Is Marked by Heavy Marketing and Modest Results

By Julie Appleby June 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Approved as a device, not a drug, Plenity contains a plant-based gel that swells to fill 25% of a person’s stomach, to help people eat less. Results vary widely but are modest on average.

‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Fight Bogus Medical Bills Like a Bulldog

By Dan Weissmann August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When a colleague brings a medical billing problem to human resources director Steve Benasso — he goes to battle. “I am a bulldog on this stuff,” he said. In this episode, Benasso tells how he does it.

Tech Glitches at One VA Site Raise Concerns About a Nationwide Rollout

By Darius Tahir April 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The more than $16 billion, decade-long effort by the Department of Veterans Affairs was designed to provide seamless electronic health records for patients from enlistment in the military past discharge.

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