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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Web Reporter Alvin Tran discusses how important the coming year will be for health exchanges and addressing health disparities and barriers to care.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau says he'll be watching for changes in how hospitals and doctors are paid -- away from "fee-for-service" and toward paying for better quality.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Web Reporter Ankita Rao says that in 2013 she will follow new models of health care delivery designed to counter health care system inefficiencies.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Web Reporter Shefali Kulkarni says that she'll be watching closely how doctors and patients interact with and educate themselves about the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: Senior Correspondent Jay Hancock says he will closely watch insurers and what they offer to a throng of new people entering the insurance market.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Phil Galewitz says he'll be watching state decisions on expanding Medicaid, establishing exchanges and reaching out to the public on the law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Reporter Jenny Gold discusses the coming shift to new payment systems such as accountable care organizations.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Senior Correspondent Julie Appleby discusses health insurance exchanges -- and how officials are scrambling to meet the deadlines for their launch.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming in the new year: KHN Senior Correspondent Mary Agnes Carey discusses how Medicare could be center stage if the national debate continues to center on the federal debt and spending.
State leaders could move forward with a long-awaited overhaul of the Medicaid system and likely will decide how to carry out the federal health law, affecting the health care of millions of poor and uninsured Floridians.
The federal government's conditional approval Thursday for Minnesota to operate a health insurance exchange means insurers have just a few months to develop new health plans.
Payments to hospitals are adjusted to reflect how they follow standards of care and patients' ratings of their experiences.
This chart shows the effect, by hospital, of Medicare bonuses and penalties based on how well they performed on quality measures.
Blue Shield of California chairman and CEO Bruce Bodaken discusses his views on the health law and the current state of the insurance industry.
Gaps in insurance coverage for mental health treatment persist despite new laws -- including the health law and the Mental Health Parity Act of 2008 -- expanding such coverage. Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about mental health care in America.
While the legal challenges to the health law's contraception coverage mandate pose no threat to the measure as a whole, they have all the ingredients of a legal donnybrook that might well end up before the high court.
KHN asked a range of health policy experts the following question: If you could make only one change to Medicare to control costs, what would it be and why?
In a letter to governors, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says states that expand Medicaid must cover people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level to get enhanced funding.
What's at stake if they build state-based exchanges, partner with the federal government -- or let federal regulators run everything?
Health on the Hill: KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about Republican and Democratic proposals and possible cuts in federal health care spending.
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