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Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight

By Melissa Bailey July 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A new government watchdog report outlines vulnerabilities in Medicare’s $17 billion hospice program, pointing to inadequate services, inappropriate billing and outright fraud.

Staying Alive: How To Fight An Opioid Addiction

By Emily Bazar April 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

First of all, make sure you have an overdose reversal drug handy. Then prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication.

By Revamping Device Therapy, Tech Companies See New Hope For Trimming Reliance On Opioids

January 23, 2019 Morning Briefing

Neuromodulation, which started appearing in the 1960s, works when electricity interrupts pain signals carried to the brain, providing relief to patients. But costs make them impractical for everyone and there are risks involved. In other news on the opioid crisis: Boston’s mayor examines needle exchange programs; Ohio aims to lower HIV rates; Texas website focuses on education; and California doctors cry foul on probe.

Profiles For Sale: How Bits Of Captured Data Paint A Valuable Picture Of Your Health

By Rachel Bluth July 24, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Consumers, beware: Data brokers compile health and frailty profiles that have wide-ranging applications for drug companies, advertisers, insurers and other buyers.

Looking For Lower Medicare Drug Costs? Ask Your Pharmacist For The Cash Price.

By Susan Jaffe May 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Sometimes a drug plan’s copayment is higher than the cash price, and under a little-known federal rule, pharmacists have to tell Medicare beneficiaries that — but only if they ask.

NIH Updates Website About Link Between Alcohol, Cancer After Criticism That It Soft-Pedaled The Risk

September 18, 2018 Morning Briefing

Previously, the site warned that drinking “too much alcohol” could increase the risk, while research shows that almost any alcohol consumption a day is associated with an elevated chance of getting breast cancer. In other public health news: a look inside the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, genetic prospectors, virtual reality and phobias, ACL treatment, personality types, probiotics and more.

What Explains The Rising Overdose Rate Among Latinos?

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR May 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Opioid addiction is often portrayed as a white problem, but overdose rates are now rising faster among Latinos and blacks. Cultural and linguistic barriers may put Latinos at greater risk.

Postcard From D.C.: Kicking Around The ACA? For Tom Price, That’s So 2017.

By Emmarie Huetteman May 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services says the law eliminating penalties for most people who don’t have insurance coverage will hurt the insurance marketplaces.

Lifting Therapy Caps Is A Load Off Medicare Patients’ Shoulders

By Susan Jaffe March 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Last month’s budget deal means Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for physical and occupational therapy indefinitely. Plus, prescription drug costs will fall for more seniors.

Some Of Country’s Most Trusted Health Websites Have Outdated, Misleading Information For Pregnant Women

August 15, 2018 Morning Briefing

From the sites of one of the top-ranked hospitals in the country to Harvard University, ProPublica finds errors and misleading information about preeclampsia, an extremely dangerous condition for pregnant women. ProPublica’s “Lost Mothers” series looks at why the country has such a high maternal mortality rate. In other news on women’s health: pregnancy prevention apps and abortion clinics.

Best Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes April 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.

Outsiders Swoop In Vowing To Rescue Rural Hospitals Short On Hope — And Money

By Photos by Heidi de Marco June 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The community of Surprise Valley, Calif., wrestled with the idea of selling its tiny, long-cherished hospital to a Denver entrepreneur who sees a big future in lab tests for faraway patients. Last summer, another exec had a similar idea but left town.

Sunday Hours: Obamacare Website To Be Shut Down For Portion of Most Weekends

By Phil Galewitz September 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The shutdown, which raised protests from navigator groups, will occur from midnight Saturday to 12 p.m. Sunday on all but one weekend.

Today’s Special: Obamacare Menu Labeling Rules Ushered In

By Phil Galewitz May 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines and pizza delivery services are among the businesses that will have to provide calories counts to consumers.

Your Grandma’s Guide To Grass: Calif. Rolls Out Website To Cut Through Cannabis Haze

By Ana B. Ibarra October 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Many Californians have been using pot for years, legally and illegally. But newbies, even Grandma, might benefit from a website that contains warnings about the risks.

Avoidable Sepsis Infections Send Thousands Of Seniors To Gruesome Deaths

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas and Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune September 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

No one tracks sepsis cases closely enough to know how often these severe infections turn fatal. But the toll — both human and financial — is enormous, finds an investigation by KHN and the Chicago Tribune.

He Started Vaping As A Teen And Now Says Habit Is ‘Impossible To Let Go’

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio June 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials worry vaping is an emerging disaster that could reverse years of decline in smoking by young people. What’s the latest evidence that e-cigarettes are a gateway to tobacco?

Pharma Companies Try To Shift Blame To Drug Dealers, Websites As Real Culprits Of Opioid Epidemic

July 20, 2018 Morning Briefing

Endo International Plc and Mallinckrodt Plc are arguing that if they’re added onto lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis, they “are entitled to contribution from the illegal supply chain defendants.” News on the crisis comes out of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, as well.

Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?

By Emily Kopp and Sydney Lupkin and Elizabeth Lucas April 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News launches “Pre$cription for Power,” a groundbreaking database to expose Big Pharma’s ties to patient groups.

Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients

By Jordan Rau Photos by Heidi de Marco June 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

One in 5 Medicare patients who leave the hospital for a nursing home end up back in the hospital. To discourage this, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon give bonuses and penalties to facilities based on their rehospitalization rates.

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