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30 Jul 2020, 9:05 pm
In a report for the Committee on Ways and Means, Rachel Dolan, senior policy analyst for the Kaiser Family Foundation, and her coauthors found high percentages of inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic drugs in skilled nursing facilities. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 11:01 am
” – Lead Counsel Jonathan Siegel On July 13, 2020, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District allowed patients with severe mental illness to pursue a class action against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for underfunding mental health care, and restricting medically necessary treatment for Kaiser patients, resulting in long waits for individual therapy, forcing them into inappropriate group treatment. [read post]
21 Jul 2020, 7:18 pm
Kaiser Family Foundation – “In late 2019, a new strain of coronavirus emerged in China. [read post]
21 Jul 2020, 11:51 am
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Black, Native American, and Latinx women are disproportionately poor: 22% of African Americans and 19% of Latinx individuals live below the poverty level, compared with only 9% of whites and 11% of Asian Americans Two of the most common reasons to seek abortion care are economic insecurity and an inability to financially care for a child, and both stressors have been exacerbated by the economic effects of COVID-19. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 1:14 pm
Jen Kates, the director of global health and H.I.V. policy with the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the move “raises questions about not just access for researchers but access for reporters, access for the public to try to better understand what is happening with the outbreak. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 1:23 pm
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) has calculated that uninsured Black adults “are more than twice as likely as White and Hispanic uninsured adults” to lack insurance due to a failure to expand Medicaid. [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 6:43 am
” The article adds that some “30,000 coronavirus deaths are linked to long-term care facilities, according to the health non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation’s website. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 5:00 am
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has hired former CFO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Northwest Region, Jenny Smith, to help guide the transformation of the company as the organization’s new executive vice president and CFO. [read post]
11 May 2020, 1:55 am
Much depends on how long the health crisis lasts and how soon certain sectors of the economy can reengage. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 8:10 am
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has hired former CFO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Northwest Region, Jenny Smith, to help guide the transformation of the company as the organization’s new Executive Vice President and CFO. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 8:10 am
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 45 percent of Americans are reported to feel that “worry and stress related to coronavirus is affecting their mental health. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 1:25 pm
Kaiser Permanente is contributing $1 million to 10 leading public health organizations and collaborating with CDC Foundation to strengthen the United States’ public health infrastructure and response systems to stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 1:28 pm
”[5] Thus, under the new interpretation, “in order to be ‘primarily health related’ … [an item or service] must diagnose, prevent, or treat an illness or injury, compensate for physical impairments, act to ameliorate the functional/psychological impact of injuries or health conditions, or reduce avoidable emergency and health care utilization. [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 4:00 pm
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2017 approximately 156 million Americans received their health insurance coverage through employer-sponsored group health plans, and private health insurance, including group health plans, accounted for approximately 42% of the total U.S. retail prescription drug spend. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 9:32 am
Jan. 3, 2020, Kaiser Health News [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 7:01 am
., editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 2:00 am
Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been tracking overall employee health plan selection every year since 1988, reports that high-deductible health plan (HDHP) enrollment, which jumped from 24% to 29% between 2015 and 2016, has somewhat stagnated since then and was recorded at just 30% for 2019. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 1:13 pm
The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates an 6%-17% decline in Medicaid enrollment if New Hampshire’s waiver is implemented, resulting in approximately 2600-2700 people losing Medicaid coverage. [read post]
3 Oct 2019, 2:30 pm
New research finds that the annual premium for family coverage — forked over mostly by companies but also by workers — now averages $20,576, according to an annual survey by the nonprofit, independent Kaiser Family Foundation. [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 8:00 am
Sophie’s parents together, and her father on her behalf, sued the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and The Permanente Medical Group Inc. alleging that they all chose not to timely diagnose, recognize and respond to fetal distress and that they decided not to perform an emergency cesarean section to rescue Sophie, who was in fetal distress. [read post]
