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A California law, which took effect in July 2017, protects consumers who use an in-network hospital or other facility from surprise bills when cared for by an out-of-network doctor. But physicians say the law has allowed insurers to shrink networks, limiting access to those doctors who have contracted with the patientsā insurance plans.
In the wake of a Kaiser Health News investigation, doctors want the University of Virginiaās health system to stop suing its patients over unpaid bills.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
KHNās Julie Rovner was featured on NPRās "Weekend Edition" and MSNBCās "Kasie DC" show over the weekend to talk about Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warrenās plan to fund āMedicare for All.ā
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Patients at VCU Health will no longer be taken to court and can more easily get financial assistance to pay their bills.
Eight years ago, a new medical program opened in Salina, Kan., as an experimental way to promote rural medicine. Hailed as a solution to the rural doctor shortage, only three of its eight newly minted doctors are now working in the most rural communities.
The presidentās directive, which he said is designed to give beneficiaries more choices in their health care, could lead to higher costs for seniors. Final rules are to be written by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The presidentās outline of key health policy concerns touched on a variety of hot-button issues from drug prices to immigration.
The program, which will roll out next year in three parts of the country, seeks to encourage workers on the companyās health plan to choose doctors that have been identified as providing āappropriate, effective and cost-efficient care.ā
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Without the teamwork, communication and quick action of several veteran health officials in Wisconsin, the world might not know about the vaping illness the U.S. is battling today. This is their story.
Passengers on massive cruise ships could be struck by norovirus or accidents ranging from falls to broken bones. Then what?
Programs for health care professionals addicted to opioids generally bar a proven recovery method: the use of drugs like buprenorphine and methadone to relieve cravings.
As lobbyists purporting to represent doctors and hospitals fight attempts to control surprise medical bills, it has become increasingly clear that the force behind the effort is not just medical professionals, but also investors from private equity firms.
In Colorado case, the right to aid a cancer patientās death runs up against faith-based hospital policies. As more states have passed laws, about 1 in 6 acute care beds nationally is in a hospital that is Catholic-owned or -affiliated.
As the Indian government reluctantly loosens its prescription opioid laws after decades of lobbying by palliative care advocates desperate to ease their patientsā pain, the nationās sprawling, cash-fed health care system is ripe for misuse.
What began in India as a populist movement to bring inexpensive morphine to the diseased and dying poor has paved the way for a booming pain management industry. Now, new customers are being funneled to U.S. drugmakers bedeviled by a government crackdown back home.
Doctors who saw patients with a mysterious lung illness in the past suspected vaping as the cause but didnāt know where to report such cases.
In response to recent high-profile sex abuse cases, some California lawmakers want doctors to give patients more information about pelvic exams, and then get a signature proving they did. Doctors in the Golden State and beyond are pushing back.
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