Kaiser Health News
Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Articles here are republished with permission.
-
Majority wants Medicare to be able to negotiate drug prices
Large majorities regardless of party identification and age found the following argument convincing: “Those in favor say negotiation is needed because Americans pay higher prices than people in other countries, many can’t afford their prescriptions, and drug company profits are too high.”
-
Pharmacies face extra audit burdens that threaten their existence
Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, suspended in-person audits because of covid last year, shifting to virtual audits, much as in-person doctor visits shifted to telehealth. Amid added pandemic pressure, that means pharmacists are bearing significantly more workload for the audits.
-
Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
-
Gene screenings hold disease clues, but unexplained anomalies often raise fears
Many genetic findings are ambiguous, leaving doctors uncertain about whether a particular variant is truly dangerous.
-
If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive?
If Wilmington’s self-sufficient medical center cannot stand alone, can any public hospital avoid being subsumed into the large systems that economists say are helping propel the cost of American health care ever upward?
-
4 vital health issues — not tied to Covid — that Congress addressed in massive spending bill
While the $900 billion that lawmakers included for urgent pandemic relief got most of the attention, some even bigger changes for health care were buried in the other parts of that huge legislative package.
-
Health issues carried weight on the campaign trail. What could Biden do in his first 100 days?
PolitiFact and Kaiser Health News teamed up to analyze Biden’s promises during the 2020 presidential campaign and will monitor his policies over the next four years to see which ones materialize.
-
Trump’s pardons included healthcare execs behind massive frauds
At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles that prosecutors alleged often harmed or endangered elderly and infirm patients while fleecing taxpayers.
-
CVS and Walgreens under fire for slow pace of vaccination in nursing homes
Across the country, some nursing home directors and health care officials say the partnership between federal government and pharmacy retailers is actually hampering the vaccination process by imposing paperwork and cumbersome corporate policies on facilities that are thinly staffed and reeling from the devastating effects of the coronavirus
-
Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs
Starting this month, most people with private insurance will no longer have to decide whether they can afford to protect themselves against HIV. Most health plans must begin to cover the drugs then without charging consumers anything out-of-pocket.
-
Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
-
No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, a 600-bed public hospital on L.A.’s Eastside, has no more ICU beds available as Covid-19 tears through Southern California.
-
Pediatricians want kids to be part of Covid vaccine trials
Covid-19’s impact on children represents a tiny fraction of the suffering and death experienced by vulnerable adults. Yet it’s pretty serious having caused 154 deaths and more than 7,500 hospitalizations as of Dec. 3 among people 19 and younger in the United States.
-
Hospitals scramble to prioritize which workers are first for Covid Shots
Even as FDA engaged in intense deliberations ahead of Friday’s authorization of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid vaccine, and days before the initial 6.4 million doses were to be released, hospitals across the country have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots.
-
A battle-weary Seattle hospital fights the latest Covid surge
As hospitals across the country weather a surge of Covid-19 patients, in Seattle — an early epicenter of the outbreak — nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians are staring down a startling resurgence of the coronavirus that’s expected to test even one of the best-prepared hospitals on the pandemic’s front lines.
-
California lawmakers to Gov, Newsom: Give all immigrants health coverage
A fiercely liberal state senator from Los Angeles and a moderate Assembly member from the Central Valley are joining forces to pressure Newsom to make California the first state in the nation to cover every income-eligible resident regardless of immigration status.
-
In Becerra, an HHS nominee with political skill but no front-line health experience
Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human […]
Promoted
Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
Promoted
Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
