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More Hospitals, Health Care Investors Pull Out Their Pocketbooks

May 13, 2021 Morning Briefing

Industry names in the news include the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Piedmont Healthcare, HCA, Ginkgo Bioworks, the Lisa and John Pritzker Family Fund, Aetna, Cityblock Health and more.

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Covered California anuncia una baja récord en las primas para 2021

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Covered California brinda cobertura a aproximadamente 1.5 millones de californianos que compran su propio seguro. Alrededor del 90% de ellos reciben asistencia financiera.

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Kaiser Permanente Will Pay More Than $11M To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

April 23, 2021 Morning Briefing

In other news, Kansas’ governor joins a list of lawmakers stopping anti-transgender sports bills; a Mormon sex therapist is expelled from the church; and a Massachusetts project proposes expanded telehealth in community health centers.

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Cambiar la hora es malo para la salud, pero ¿qué hora elegir?

By Roxie Hammill February 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Lo que está claro es que cambiar de hora es impopular. Un 71% de los estadounidenses quiere dejar de adelantar y atrasar los relojes.

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California Nurse Thrived In ER and ICU, But Couldn’t Survive COVID-19

By Christina Jewett April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Jeff Baumbach, 57, was a seasoned nurse of 28 years when the novel coronavirus began to circulate in California. He’d worked in the ER, the ICU and on a cardiac floor. Hepatitis and tuberculosis had been around over the years but never posed a major concern.

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Walmart Buys MeMD To Expand Telehealth Effort Nationwide

May 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

The retail giant plans to offer virtual medical and mental health services across the country. In other news, CMS issues a warning on price transparency to hospitals; Kaiser Permanente reports a big profit; and hospitals in California lower C-section rates.

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Policías usan balas de goma que pueden matar, cegar o mutilar de por vida

By Liz Szabo June 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El uso de balas de goma por parte de la policía ha provocado indignación, con imágenes gráficas en las redes sociales mostrando a personas con lesiones graves.

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A Desperate Scramble As COVID-19 Families Vie For Access To Plasma Therapy

By JoNel Aleccia April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As efforts ramp up to collect blood plasma from the first survivors of COVID-19, families of critically ill patients are jockeying to obtain the still-unproven antibody treatment.

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California Hospitals Face Surge With Proven Fixes And Some Hail Marys

By Angela Hart and Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California is entering the most critical period in its battle against COVID-19, and may need thousands of hospital beds and ventilators to accommodate a surge of critically ill patients. Hospitals are taking extreme measures, such as using 3D printers to make ventilator parts and turning cafeterias into wards.

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The Coronavirus, The Congressman And Me

By Shefali Luthra March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When four KHN reporters were possibly exposed to COVID-19, they tried to take preventive steps. But even for health care journalists, getting tested for the virus ― and figuring out what to do next — is an uphill task.

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Congress Considers Fixes For Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

May 14, 2021 Morning Briefing

A bill that would speed up the prior authorization process and demand more transparency when insurance plans deny health provider’s requests was reintroduced Thursday. Separately, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente plan to boost hospital care in patient’s homes, and Connecticut’s nursing home workers postpone strikes.

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Despite Quick Fixes, Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Care Still Lags

By Jenny Gold December 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Interviews with dozens of Kaiser Permanente therapists, patients and industry experts reveal superficial changes that look good on paper but do not translate into more effective and accessible care.

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In Face Of Coronavirus, Many Hospitals Cancel On-Site Training For Nursing And Med Students

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and nursing homes say they are acting to protect students and patients, but nursing educators worry the pipeline of new nurses could be slowed at a time when they may be needed most. Some doctors in training have also seen their clinical rotations canceled.

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Cómo Florida drenó su sistema de salud pública y le abrió la puerta a COVID

By Laura Ungar and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A medida que la nación empezó a drenar su sistema de salud pública, personal y fondos cayeron más rápidamente en este estado, dejándolo desprotegido para la peor crisis de salud en un siglo.

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California y COVID-19: hospitales se alistan para la crisis con acciones probadas y desesperadas

By Angela Hart and Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A medida que California ingresa al período más crítico contra COVID-19, los 416 hospitales, grandes y pequeños, públicos y privados, se esfuerzan por tener la capacidad necesaria para una avalancha de pacientes críticos.

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With Medical Safety Gear Scarce, The Public Is Stepping Up. Here’s Help On Ways To Help.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If you or your company have useful supplies and want to donate them, here are some answers to questions you might be asking.

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COVID Catch-22: They Got A Big ER Bill Because Hospitals Couldn’t Test For Virus

By Julie Appleby July 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Americans who had coronavirus symptoms in March and April are getting big hospital bills — because they were not sick enough to get then-scarce COVID tests. Some insurers say they are trying to correct these bills, but patients may have to put up a fight.

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Testing In California Still A Frustrating Patchwork Of Haves And Have-Nots

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart and Rachel Bluth May 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

It’s hard to overstate how uneven access to critical coronavirus test kits remains in the nation’s largest state. Even as some Southern California counties are opening drive-thru sites to make testing available to any resident who wants it, a rural northern county is testing raw sewage to determine whether the coronavirus has infiltrated its communities.

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La política frena el flujo de fondos a las agencias para detener la pandemia

By Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Desde que comenzó la pandemia, el Congreso ha reservado miles de millones para aliviar la crisis. Pero parte de ese dinero no se ha distribuido, o gastado, apropiadamente.

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Readers and Tweeters Shed Light on Vaccine Trials and Bias in Health Care

October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

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