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Even if parents are providing health insurance, they often can't find out about what's happening when their adult children suffer from severe mental illnesses.
While a growing number of states are contracting with managed care companies to manage their Medicaid programs, there are still questions about cost savings and quality.
At hospitals and clinics around the country, physicians are tapping artificial intelligence systems for warnings and recommendations.
Among those who are worried are agencies that provide adult foster care for people who can't live on their own, because of severe mental illness or developmental disabilities.
The health systems serving veterans and military members are separate but both are under scrutiny.
Georgia is issuing a new kind of license to rural hospitals to be stand-alone ERs. Many of these hospitals have had to close or reduce services in the past few years due to budget pressures.
Federal health officials urge anyone at substantial risk of HIV to start an expensive prescription drug regimen that can prevent infection. But that doesn't mean it qualifies for coverage without any cost sharing under the health law.
That question was the focus of a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday, and it's an important issue in the context of the debate over ending the Medicare SGR. Mary Agnes Carey and CQ HealthBeat's John Reichard discuss.
The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies for low-income families who currently qualify for the federal-state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), forcing states to make a decision on CHIP's future.
A congressional panel has held its first hearing on a controversial rule that governs the admission status of Medicare patients.
Company and government supervisors knew that employees at the tax-funded ACA processing center in Wentzville were being paid to do little or no work, former employees said.
KHN's consumer columnist looks into issues raised by readers about health law coverage.
Reviving bedside medicine is becoming a new priority at some medical schools after technology has hurt some doctors' abilities to use physical exams to make accurate diagnoses.
Texas lawmakers loosened some supervision requirements during the last legislative session, but nurse practitioners are still battling for increased autonomy in the state Medicaid program.
New data indicate that difficulties persist despite the health law's efforts to expand pediatric dental insurance.
A survey conducted in Seattle found that half the time, primary-care providers listed as accepting new patients on Medicaid managed-care organization websites, in fact were not accepting new patients.
In Pennsylvania, Independence Blue Cross' success in enrolling 283,000 new members has presented several challenges.
Some say early concerns were exaggerated, though late enrollment and Medicaid problems also have cut demand.
Readmissions and patient injuries decrease as new government programs take effect.
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