Regulatory/Compliance

States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion

Jun 18, 2022 at 10:07 pm by Staff

By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days. That meant the Medicaid benefits o.... Read More

Supreme Court rules unanimously in favor of AHA, others in 340B Case

Jun 15, 2022 at 04:15 pm by Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled unanimously in favor of the AHA and others, reversing a 2020 court of appeals decision upholding the authority of the Department of Hea.... Read More

Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care

Jun 13, 2022 at 08:45 am by Staff

By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News   The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their pa.... Read More

Black Women Have Much at Stake in States Where Abortion Access May Vanish

Jun 06, 2022 at 02:51 pm by Staff

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholar.... Read More

Skirmishes Over Medication Abortion Renews Debate on State vs. Federal Powers

Jun 06, 2022 at 02:45 pm by Staff

By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News As the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guarantees the constitutional right to an.... Read More

The Private Sector Steps In to Protect Online Health Privacy, but Critics Say It Can’t Be Trusted

May 23, 2022 at 08:50 pm by Staff

By Darius Tahir, Kaiser Health News    Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by th.... Read More

As Red Cross Moves to Pricey Blood Treatment Method, Hospitals Call for More Choice

May 17, 2022 at 09:12 am by Staff

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  Americans generally don’t spend much time thinking about the nation’s blood supply. That’s mainly because t.... Read More

States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities

May 16, 2022 at 10:23 am by Staff

By Phil Galewitz and Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News   The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing.... Read More

No Prison Time for Tennessee Nurse Convicted of Fatal Drug Error

May 14, 2022 at 10:41 pm by Staff

  By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallyin.... Read More

As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips

May 05, 2022 at 08:02 pm by Staff

By Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News With time running out in the 2022 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk. An amendment sudd.... Read More