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Health Policy
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CDC survey shows uninsured rate dropping to historic 9.2 percent
The uninsured rate among all Americans in the first quarter of this year dropped to 9.2 percent, according to the…
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Medicaid expansion shapes hospital financial health
We’ve all written a lot about the “Medicaid gap” – the low-income people who can’t get coverage under the Affordable…
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Some hospitals slow to adopt new systems of care
We’ve told you over and over again on this blog that the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about coverage. It’s…
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Study indicates better health savings account ‘literacy’ needed
For the purpose of this blog post, let’s leave aside the decade-plus ideological fight about whether health savings accounts (HSAs)…
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Conservatives yet to rally around specific ACA reform proposal
Guy Boulton, a veteran health reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, took a look at some of the conservative health…
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Acronyms, health care and the poor: Understanding hospital safety net payments
The months-long controversy between Florida and the federal Medicaid program over funding for hospitals and clinics that serve uninsured low-income…
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Spotlight on sepsis: Reporting on ‘dirty little hospital horror’
As senior quality editor for HealthLeaders Media for more than six years, Cheryl Clark wrote more than 1,300 stories about…
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Three CMS proposals would shift basis of payments from volume to value
Announcements from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services last week on rules about bundled payments for hip and knee…
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Health insurance discrimination persists for those with HIV, cancer and other conditions, despite ACA
Over the past two years, patient advocacy groups, researchers and consultants have said health insurers have discriminated against their members…
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A look at how states are addressing balance billing abuses
We’ve all read about patients who were careful to choose an in-network doctor or hospital but still ended up with…