HHS’ Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals on Notice About Patients’ Meals
Complaints about hospital food are certainly not new, and Jell-O and fruit juice are often the butt of related jokes. But the Trump administration has...
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In Connecticut, Doctors and Dentists Are More Likely Than Hospitals To Sue Patients
How often do hospitals, physicians, and other providers sue patients over unpaid bills? That’s a question we’ve asked a lot over the last several years...
Gounder Culls the News, From Ticks and AI to Who Might Lead CDC
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the increase in hospital visits during tick season on CBS’ CBS Mornings on April 20....
In Connecticut, Doctors Now Sue Patients Most Over Medical Bills, Surpassing Hospitals
Noam N. Levey and Katy Golvala and Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror BRISTOL, Conn. — Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over...
Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints
A common antiseptic used to clean hospital patients’ skin can linger on surfaces for hours, creating breeding grounds for bacteria to become tolerant, or even...
Rovner Recaps Medicaid Cuts’ Impact on Hospitals and Fields Caller Questions on Affordability
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts on WAMU’s 1A on April 7. She also discussed health care affordability on The...
Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink...
Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data.
Darius Tahir Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers...
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to...