Two stories from Washington, D.C., give listeners a sense of what changes the Trump administration has been making to health policy, with KFF Health News’ Julie Ronver and Arthur Allen.
Category: Health Insurance
Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
Hartford HealthCare teams with Memorial Sloan Kettering on cancer center
Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare has collaborated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to open a new cancer center in Fairfield, Connecticut, that’s being called the first of its kind in the area.
The 25,000-square-foot facility…
New York-Presbyterian laying off 2% of workforce
New York-Presbyterian has confirmed that it is reducing its workforce by 2%.
“Given current macroeconomic realities and anticipated challenges ahead, we have made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by approximately 2%,” the New York City-b…
State attorneys general sue CVS Health for alleged Medicaid overpayments
Attorneys general from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Indiana have filed a lawsuit against CVS Health claiming that it submitted “false and fraudulent claims” to state Medicaid programs.
The AGs say CVS Health charged these programs higher pr…
A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net
As California’s budget deadline looms, state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a physician-turned-lawmaker, says state leaders may soon have to make some tough decisions on health care spending. With the state’s Medi-Cal program billions of dollars short, California’s health care safety net is at risk — even without federal cuts to Medicaid.
Trump Team Faces Key Legal Decision That Could Put Mental Health Parity in Peril
The administration is facing a May 12 deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce laws requiring parity in insurance coverage of mental and physical health care.
Lawsuit claims UnitedHealth Group misled investors on finances
A new lawsuit filed against UnitedHealth Group claims the healthcare company misled investors about its financial outlook following the murder of then-CEO Brian Thompson, who in December was killed by a gunman while attending the company’s annual inves…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP
Republicans on Capitol Hill are struggling to reach consensus on cutting the Medicaid program as they search for nearly a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade — as many observers predicted. Meanwhile, turmoil continues at the Department of Health and Human Services, with more controversial cuts and personnel moves, including the sudden nomination of Casey Means, an ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s, to become surgeon general. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Lauren Sausser, who co-reported the latest “Bill of the Month” feature, about an unexpected bill for what seemed like preventive care.
Cleveland Clinic partners with Regent Surgical for ambulatory surgery centers
Cleveland Clinic is partnering with Regent Surgical to combine lower ambulatory surgery center rates with the health system’s clinical expertise.
