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8 Aug 2022, 11:51 pm
Kaiser Health News a couple of weeks ago ran an article, Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care. [read post]
3 Aug 2022, 12:32 am
Last week, Kaiser Health News ran a concerning article, ‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 2:28 pm
Levey, Kaiser Health News *** The nursing home industry has quietly developed what consumer attorneys and patient advocates say is a pernicious strategy of pursuing family and friends of patients despite federal law that was enacted to protect them from debt collection. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 9:11 am
Those are the annual findings of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which scrutinized preliminary rate submissions for Affordable Care Act policies sold on public marketplaces in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, and Washington state, the AP reported. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 12:00 pm
According to an investigation led by USA Today and Kaiser Health News in 2018, over 200 patients died from routine procedures conducted at surgery centers across the country. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 5:00 am
One-fourth of US adults say they or a household member have had problems paying medical bills, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. [read post]
17 Jul 2022, 10:52 am
Do beleaguered constituents need to barrage members of the House and Senate with copies of an excellent, painful series from NPR and the nonpartisan Kaiser Health News service on the crushing effects of medical debt on regular folks, especially cancer patients? [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 4:24 pm
For a short introduction to his story, you can check out The New Yorker’s article on the topic. [read post]
10 Jul 2022, 10:49 pm
According to an article in Kaiser Health News about a month ago, Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care. [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 12:05 pm
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has ordered parties that act as health payers to make public a wealth of economic information that previously had been closely held, NPR and the Kaiser Health News service reported: “[H]ealth insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every price they’ve negotiated with providers for health care services, item by item. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 10:13 am
It was a nightmare, especially because my wife has high health anxiety as it is. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 8:22 am
Punishing finances have become part and parcel of the American way of health care, with “more than 100 million people in America ― including 41% of adults ― beset by a health care system that is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale,” according to an unfolding investigation by the independent, nonpartisan Kaiser Health News service and National Public Radio. [read post]
19 Jun 2022, 1:40 pm
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health notification alerting health care providers about complications from pelvic mesh implants used to treat SUI and POP. [read post]
8 Jun 2022, 5:23 am
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis estimated that Medicaid enrollment will have risen during the pandemic by 25%, to more than 110 million Americans, by the end of fiscal year 2022, attributing most of this growth to the continuous enrollment requirements. [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 9:46 am
Writing for Kaiser Health News, Markian Hawryluk explains that the powered wheelchair industry is dominated by just two private equity-owned companies: Numotion and National Seating and Mobility, both of whom made deep cuts to their service budgets as part of their private equity owners’ plans to realize a profit on their investments. [read post]
30 May 2022, 9:00 pm
Notwithstanding the headlines which suggest terminations of all vaccine refusers are permissible, relevant law requires employers to carefully consider requests for religious or medical accommodations.Regulatory and Statutory AuthorityOn December 13, 2021, New York City’s Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene issued an Order requiring COVID-19 vaccinations in all workplaces throughout New York City. [read post]
11 May 2022, 1:48 pm
(The Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization that reports on health policy.)Jon O. [read post]
30 Apr 2022, 6:00 am
According to estimates, one in five Americans who have employer- provided health insurance and are on insulin treatment will benefit from this measure. [read post]
28 Apr 2022, 1:28 pm
“It was quite clear that there were a large percentage of passengers that were sick, but unless you self-reported, you were free to keep going and infect other passengers,” California resident Ted Vomacka told the Mercury News. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 9:52 am
The Department of Justice has highlighted its enforcement efforts in Medicare Advantage fraud, and following our success against Sutter Health, we are especially focused on risk adjustment cases, with several pending matters in which the government has intervened, including actions against Independent Health Association, Kaiser Permanente, and in one of the largest risk adjustment matters ever, against UnitedHealth Group. [read post]
