In Health Care, More Money Is Being Spent On Patients’ Social Needs. Is It Working?
(By Phil Galewitz for NPR) When doctors at a primary care clinic in Philadelphia noticed many of its poorest patients
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Medicaid
How Might Lowering the Medicare Age Affect Medicaid Enrollees?
(By MaryBeth Musumeci, Robin Rudowitz, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published June 10, 2021) President Biden’s FY 2022
Read MoreDoctor on Call? Lawmakers Debate How Much to Pay for Phone Appointments
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) It took covid-19 to give millions of Americans the option of telling their
Read MoreZooming Into the Statehouse: Nursing Home Residents Use New Digital Skills to Push for Changes
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Patty Bausch isn’t a Medicaid expert, lawyer or medical professional. But she still
Read MoreCaring for an Aging Nation
(By Lydia Zuraw and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) The number of Americans 65 and older is expected
Read MoreCMS to delay part of controversial Medicaid drug rule
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS plans to delay the start date for a rule that would require
Read MoreHow Might Current Federal Drug Pricing Proposals Impact Medicaid?
(By Rachel Dolan for Kaiser Family Foundation published May 24, 2021) Prescription drug spending has again returned to the policy agenda,
Read MoreTexas to resubmit Medicaid waiver application
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texas will resubmit a Medicaid waiver application to extend billions in federal funding for
Read MoreCMS issues guidance on COVID-19 relief funds for state Medicaid programs
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued guidance May 13 outlining how states can use funding from the
Read More5 million people enrolled in Medicaid during pandemic, study finds
(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicaid enrollment increased by 5 million people between March and September of 2020,
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