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Lax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark

By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network August 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News and USA Today Network investigation finds that a hodgepodge of state rules governing outpatient centers allow some deaths and serious injuries to go unexamined. And no rule stops a doctor exiled by a hospital for misconduct from opening a surgery center down the street.

Despite Red Flags At Surgery Centers, Overseers Award Gold Seals

By Christina Jewett September 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A decade ago, California stopped licensing surgery centers and then gave approval power to private accreditors that are commonly paid by the same centers they inspect. That system of oversight has created a troubling legacy of laxity, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Drug Prices And Unicorns

July 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.

Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices

By Christina Jewett Photos by Heidi de Marco March 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and malfunctions outside a widely scrutinized public database, leaving doctors and medical sleuths in the dark.

In California, Doctors Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Often Get Second Chances

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan December 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The state medical board grants probation in more than a third of cases, a KHN analysis found. Even as other institutions adapt to lessons of the #MeToo movement, the board plans no significant changes, saying it has always prioritized discipline for sexual misconduct.

Dark Money Group Has Run More Than $100,000 Worth Of Facebook Ads Targeting High Drug Prices

March 7, 2019 Morning Briefing

“Citizens for Truth in Drug Pricing” has no website and appears to exist only as a collection of Facebook advertisements, but the spokesman is a well-known Republican communications professional. Meanwhile, lawmakers ramp up efforts to target pharmacy benefits managers for their role in high drug costs, and Allergan gets some disappointing news about its “exciting” investment.

CMS Chief Acknowledges Flaws In Hospital Price Transparency Requirements But Says They’re An ‘Important First Step’

January 11, 2019 Morning Briefing

Since Jan. 1, hospitals must post a list of their standard charges in a machine-readable format on their website and update the information at least once a year, but many experts have said that those numbers are meaningless to consumers.

Readers And Tweeters: Are Millennials Killing The Primary Care Doctor?

October 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

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

Mining A New Data Set To Pinpoint Critical Staffing Issues In Skilled Nursing Facilities

By Jordan Rau July 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Low staffing is a root cause of many injuries in nursing homes. Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau explains how he connected the dots between manpower and risk at facilities nationwide, using a federal tool known as the Payroll-Based Journal.

Battle Lines Drawn As Abortion-Rights Activists Leave Their Mark Outside Clinics

By Ana B. Ibarra August 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Armed with poster board and catchy advertising slogans, abortion-rights activists in California and elsewhere are taking to sidewalks, buses and mobile phone apps to fight a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of crisis pregnancy centers.

‘Like A Ghost Town’: Erratic Nursing Home Staffing Revealed Through New Records

By Jordan Rau July 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Daily nursing home payroll records just released by the federal government show the number of nurses and aides dips far below average on some days and consistently plummets on weekends.

1,400 Nursing Homes Get Lower Medicare Ratings Because Of Staffing Concerns

By Jordan Rau and Elizabeth Lucas July 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Medicare said those homes either lacked a registered nurse for “a high number of days” over three months, provided data the government couldn’t verify or didn’t supply their payroll data at all.

Community Frets As Buyer For Cherished Rural Hospital Slips From View

By Barbara Feder Ostrov July 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some residents of remote Surprise Valley in Northern California fear their hospital will close like so many others around the country, as hope wanes for financial support from a Denver entrepreneur. The businessman, Beau Gertz, had planned to raise money through lab billing for faraway patients.

Curtain Pulled Back On Group Behind Deluge Of Public Comments Over HHS’ Proposal To End Rebate System

March 21, 2019 Morning Briefing

More than 5,000 of the current 18,000 comments were made public this week, and nearly all of them support the proposal with very similar wording that matches a RetireSafe-sponsored form letter available at the website SubmitForChange.org. In other pharmaceutical news: Pfizer makes a gene-therapy deal, AbbVie is sued over its patent deals, and the FDA is taking steps to cut down on blood pressure medication recalls.

Much Touted For Cancer, ‘Precision Medicine’ Often Misses The Target

By Liz Szabo September 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Doctors and hospitals love to talk about the patients they’ve saved with precision medicine, and reporters love to write about them. But the people who die still vastly outnumber the rare successes.

Purdue Pharma’s Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks Of Opioid Addiction

By Fred Schulte August 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Through a widely circulated brochure and a videotape of testimonials, the maker of OxyContin stressed patients’ right to opioid treatment for pain.

Secretive Health Initiative Founded By Billionaires Finally Gets A Name: Haven

March 7, 2019 Morning Briefing

The tight-lipped venture, founded by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, has been nameless for more than a year. The name Haven “reflects our goal to be a partner to individuals and families and help them get the care they need, while working with clinicians and others to make the overall system better for all,” according to the initiative’s new website. The industry has been watching the secretive venture nervously, as it’s expected to disrupt the health landscape.

Immigrant Families Placed In Detention Centers Face Health Care Challenges

By Shefali Luthra and Marisa Taylor July 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration plans to detain immigrant families indefinitely in facilities run by the Department of Homeland Security, an agency with little experience in handling their complex needs.

Can Insurers Use Genetic Testing Results? A Reader Wants To Know

By Michelle Andrews July 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Other readers ask what can be done to challenge unexpected medical bills — whether the result of an emergency room visit or after a change in prescription drug coverage.

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli Is In Prison, But Daraprim’s Price Is Still High

By Shefali Luthra May 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The saga of Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals focused a lot of attention on prescription drug prices, but no reversal of the exponential price increases for the lifesaving drug Daraprim resulted. The story offers an object lesson into the interworkings of the pharmaceutical market.

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