Sen. Collins' Strategy To Stabilize Insurance Market Raises Doubt Among Analysts

Kaiser Health News, December 11, 2017

Some analysts question whether the bill restoring the federal cost-sharing subsidy payments could actually do more harm than good.

This article first appeared December 11, 2017 on Kaiser Health News....

Cities, Counties, and Schools Sidestep FDA Canadian Drug Crackdown, Saving Millions

Kaiser Health News, December 8, 2017

While the nation grapples with soaring prices of drugs, dozens of cities, counties and school districts across the country have quietly found a solution they say protects their budgets and saves workers money.

This article first appeared December 08, 2017...

Treating The New Hep C Generation On Their Turf

Kaiser Health News, December 7, 2017

Although people over age 52 still account for the largest share of chronic hepatitis C cases, the highest number of new infections occurs among people in their 20s.

This article first appeared December 07, 2017 on ...

Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix

Kaiser Health News, December 6, 2017

The perverse incentives of the health care payment system have long made it far more lucrative to treat severe, dangerous asthma attacks than to prevent them.

This article first appeared December 06, 2017 on Kaiser...

Your Plumber Offers A Money-Back Guarantee. Should Your Doctor?

Kaiser Health News, December 6, 2017

One proposal calls for hospitals to guarantee their work. If patients experience certain avoidable complications up to 90 days after surgery, then they they don't have to pay.

This article first appeared December 06, 2017 on ...

Dangling A Carrot For Patients To Take Healthy Steps: Does It Work?

Kaiser Health News, December 5, 2017

Health plans, medical practices, and some Medicaid programs increasingly offer financial incentives to motivate Medicaid patients to engage in more preventive care and make healthier lifestyle choices.

This article first appeared December 05, 2017 on ...

California Winces At Trump's Turn Back To 'Bad Old Days' Of Health Plan Associations

Kaiser Health News, December 4, 2017

State lawmakers passed sweeping changes in the 1990s that consigned association health plans to near extinction. The Trump administration aims now to revive them.

This article first appeared December 04, 2017 on ...

Whistleblower: Medicaid Managed-Care Firm Improperly Denied Care To Thousands

Kaiser Health News, December 1, 2017

The violations were 'widespread, systemic in nature,' and they posed a 'serious threat to members' health and safety,' according to an internal report.

This article first appeared December 01, 2017 on Kaiser Health...

Hospitals With History Get A Second Life

Kaiser Health News, November 30, 2017

The trend of converting hospitals to new uses has accelerated as real estate values have soared in many U.S. cities. Demand for inpatient beds, meanwhile, has declined.

This article first appeared November 30, 2017 on ...

The Ratcheting Cost Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?

Kaiser Health News, November 29, 2017

The steady rise in prices for branded drugs contributes indirectly to rises in premiums, deductibles and government health spending, analysts say.

This article first appeared November 29, 2017 on Kaiser Health News...

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