Federal cuts threaten rural health care for half of Mendocino County residents
photo credit: Sydney Fishman/Bay City NewsThe Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Outpatient Pavilion in Ukiah, Calif., on Wednesday, July…
CMS trials prior authorization for select Medicare services
The Hubert H. Humphrey building in Washington, D.C., headquarters for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
Kaiser to halt gender-affirming surgeries in California, elsewhere
Kaiser Permanente in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters One of California’s largest…
PolitiFact FL: Is Newsom right that Florida is worst for mental health, home insurance and more?
WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true…
Diane Lund-Muzikant, Oregon health journalist, dies at 86
Diane Lund-Muzikant, a longtime journalist and founder of Portland-based independent health care news site The Lund Report, has…
60 Years of Medicaid – California Health Care Foundation
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, seated at left, at the signing ceremony for the landmark Medicare and Medicaid Act.…
Cybersecurity challenges in the health care industry: Legal, regulatory, and risk considerations | Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Health care remains one of the most targeted and vulnerable sectors when it comes to cyberattacks. In fact,…
What Is the Caregiver Crisis? | Johns Hopkins
Can you define the caregiver emergency and explain how big of a problem this crisis is? There are…
Planned Parenthood: Judge widens block against federal funding ban
Facebook Tweet Email Link A federal judge in Boston has widened her block on the Trump administration’s ability…
Medicare Savings Programs face cut, hospitals and insurers report Q2 results
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Texans have the least access to health care
Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman  | Hearst – Austin Transition Texas is in the bottom five states for health…
Disability Pride Month: The ADA and the Modern History of Disability Rights in the U.S.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990, following years of advocacy…