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A federal judge has ruled in favor of 19 states that challenged a Biden administration rule allowing enrollment in ACA coverage for "Dreamers." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A KHN analysis shows processing times have worsened since July 2023, when Georgia launched the nation's only active work requirement program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An unknown number of mothers in Florida have abruptly lost Medicaid coverage after giving birth, despite being eligible, an ongoing lawsuit claims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks, say federal regulators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hundreds of people and the FTC weighed in on a proposed hospital merger in Terre Haute, Indiana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hurricane Helene, which hit North Carolina in September, wrecked a Baxter International facility that produces 60% of the IV fluids used in the U.S. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The state health department has pushed for an eightfold increase in the importance of hospital quality during renegotiations of its COPA agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several large nonprofit Catholic health systems spend less on community benefits than the estimated value of the millions they secure in tax breaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A recent legislative update to Georgia's Certificate of Need requirement could help fill the care gaps left by hospital closures in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Biden administration on Friday put in place strin [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hospital leaders who close obstetrics units often cite declining birth numbers, along with staffing challenges and financial losses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Colorado is a rare left-leaning state with a high Medicaid disenrollment rate, even though it has embraced popular federal policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the outbreak grows, researchers said the CDC and FDA are not moving fast enough to remove barriers that block clinical labs from testing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A company that makes tests for lead poisoning has agreed to resolve criminal charges that it concealed for years a malfunction that resulted in inaccurately low results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If enacted, the rules would dramatically expand protections for tens of millions of Americans burdened by medical bills they can't afford. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biden administration officials are hosting back-to-back events Thursday and Friday at the White House for about 160 healthcare officials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Florida passed a law in the spring allowing "advanced birth centers" after PE-backed lobbying. No other state allows C-sections outside of hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Instead of chasing people who didn't pay—a costly process that often yields meager returns —Rochester Regional resolved to find ways to get patients to settle bills before collections started. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new analysis shows that medical school students were less likely to apply this year for residency positions in states with abortion bans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A civil suit alleges that Aledade's billing apps and other software and guidance provided to doctors improperly boosted revenues by adding overstated medical diagnoses to patients' electronic medical records. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When healthcare companies merge, more patients are caught in the crossfire when contract negotiations threaten to cut off care, experts say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hospitals are telling senators that site-neutral payments would bring job or service cuts, or facility closures—particularly in rural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increases in costs, lower payments from insurance plans and other hurdles are keeping small hospitals from funding large capital improvement projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Critical access hospitals say that the privately contracted plans are offering negotiated rates lower than those of traditional Medicare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hospitals could see their Medicare reimbursements docked by hundreds of thousands or millions if they fall short of a recently finalized rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hospitals could see their Medicare reimbursements docked by hundreds of thousands or millions if they fall short of a recently finalized rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The White House Office of Management and Budget's plan for HHS estimates that 42% of its staff would be furloughed in a shutdown and 58% retained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Biden administration outlined plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients' credit scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An advisory committee's June draft guidelines controversially concluded that N95 face masks are equivalent to surgical face masks in certain settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As AI spreads within the healthcare landscape, it brings familiar concerns of bias and accuracy and whether government regulation can keep up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industry experts say it's not clear how Kaiser plans to expand to markets where it doesn't own a slew of physicians, hospitals and health plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than a dozen states have considered or passed legislation taking a critical lens to nonprofit hospitals' community benefits and charity care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Given the high prevalence of hospital-related medical debt in the US, this system is clearly not working," the rights group wrote in a new report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A KFF Health News analysis revealed that despite increased labor costs and inflation, many California hospitals have been profitable in recent years [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Critics worry that establishing hospital police forces will escalate violence in healthcare settings and could have downstream effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]