Latest KFF Health News Stories
Pharmacists Inject New Vigor Into Flu Shot Market
Majority of Americans still get their vaccinations from a doctor but more than 18 percent were immunized at a supermarket or drugstore last year.
Disparities Cloud Health Improvements In Past Decade, Report Finds
Federal officials note that minorities and low-income Americans continue to have less access to health care even as the country makes improvements in life expectancy and lowering death rates related to several conditions.
Administration Scales Back Expansion Of Community Health Centers
Health centers fear they won’t be able to expand fast enough to meet the growing demand from the current uninsured and the influx of people to Medicaid in 2014.
HCA May Face Big Revenue Hit If Feds Approve Texas Medicaid Plan
Hospital Corporation of America receives hundreds of millions of dollars in supplemental Medicaid money to help cover the poor and uninsured, but Texas officials suggest HCA may be benefiting the most.
In New Term, Supreme Court To Tackle Divisive Issues
The Supreme Court starts its new term Monday. Among the issues slated to be decided are if doctors, hospitals and patients can challenge state-enacted reductions in Medicaid payments.
Children’s Hospitals May Face Leaner Future
Cuts in Medicaid lead list of threats to the growth and profitability of children’s hospitals.
Heads Of Largest Children’s Hospitals Receive Big Salaries And Rich Benefits
Critics say generous compensation of CEOs raises questions about the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals.
Chart: CEO Pay Packages, Ranked By Hospital Revenue
2009 pay packages for the CEOs of the top 25 children’s hospitals.
Chart: The Growth Of Children’s Hospitals
Details on the financial growth of children’s hospitals over the last decade.
Influential Charity Applies Political Pressure To Win Hospital Approval On Third Try
Florida Regulators Twice Turned Down Nemours Foundation’s Request For New Children’s Hospital In Orlando, where there were already two other children’s hospitals.
Texas: Bigger Is Better As Children’s Population Booms
Healthy profits and assets fuel billions in spending by Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth hospitals.
Ohio: Children’s Hospitals Expanded Even As Number Of Kids In State Declined
Nationally, there is one bed for every 2,500 children, but Ohio has one for every 1,400 kids.
Pittsburgh: Price Of New Hospital Soared to $625 Million Amid Dispute Over How Much To Spend
Children’s hospitals are a growing business in Pennsylvania, with two large ones in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and a third costing $207 million under construction near Harrisburg.
Arizona: Hospitals Expand Even As Medicaid Cuts Take A Toll
Trying to keep up with the rapidly rising number of children, two hospitals in the Phoenix area have bucked the recession and spent heavily on new facilities.
Denver: Dueling Hospitals Compete For Patients And Prestige
Just a few years ago, Denver had one aging children’s hospital, but today there are two new ones
Chicago: New Children’s Memorial Hospital Will Rank Among The Most Expensive
From its modest beginning as an eight-bed cottage hospital founded in 1882, Chicago Memorial has evolved into a huge institution with nearly $2 billion in assets.
Nonprofit Children’s Hospitals Get Valuable Tax Exemptions But Many Provide Little Free Care
Hospital executives say spending on charity care is only one of many community benefits they provide as nonprofits.
Growing Size And Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals Fueling Questions About Spending
Many of the largest children’s hospitals have grown into big businesses with substantial assets and millionaire CEOs.
Talking Building Ambitions: The Big Money World Of Kids’ Care
Jackie Judd talks with Gil Gaul about his series, Building Ambitions, which looks at the big money world of children’s hospitals in the United States. Gaul discusses his series and says big costs, amassed wealth and children’s hospitals’ unique place in health care in America make it a growing power player in providing health care in America.
Parents Fear Health Law Could Derail Autism Coverage
As federal officials draw up their list of requirements for essential health benefits under the overhaul, it’s not clear whether they will include treatment mandates passed by many states.
