When people with diabetes lose health insurance, their condition doesn’t just get worse; In a new study, OHSU researchers say it gets even worse. Researchers say the findings demonstrate how quickly insurance coverage interruptions can disrupt treatment for chronic diseases such as diabetes, which require regular monitoring, medication adjustments, and consistent access to treatment. The … Read more
Most Americans become eligible for Medicare at age 65, but choosing how to enroll isn’t always an easy process. That is why the policies currently under consideration could have a huge impact. Trump administration officials have said they are considering whether to automatically enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare if they … Read more
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – An assisted living center in Iowa recently used a video camera owned by the family of a female resident to record staff members ignoring her. The use of resident-owned cameras in nursing homes has been a hotly debated topic in Iowa, with advocacy groups repeatedly calling for legislation that would ban … Read more
Randy Slaughter spent three days in a nonprofit hospital in College Station, Texas, in April 2024 after experiencing severe abdominal pain. But doctors were unable to determine the cause and advised him to change his diet and sent him home, Slaughter said. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles … Read more
Hawaii’s health care executive said government reimbursement problems have left the state’s entire health care system in an “unviable state.” A doctor in expensive San Francisco has a distinct economic advantage when it comes to treating elderly patients insured by Medicare over a doctor in similarly expensive Honolulu. Federal authorities pay San Francisco doctors large … Read more
Illustration: Neil [–> Illustration by Neil Nakahodo [–> Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. [–> Martin Hochheiser was overjoyed when nurses told him he was going home to his North Miami Beach condo after a brief hospital stay — until the medical van began veering west … Read more
andrew jones Ollie Super has been in and out of cancer treatments since being diagnosed with neuroblastoma while in foster care as a toddler. Now the 8th and 2nd graders are working on it again. Her cancer returned late last year. Ollie’s parents, who adopted her in 2020, tried to enroll her in a clinical … Read more
image Authors: Daniel Caños, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Clinical Evidence Analysis Office, and Michelle Tarver MD, Ph.D., Director, CDRH Today’s healthcare ecosystem is generating richer and more diverse data streams, providing new opportunities to modernize how real-world data (RWD) produces relevant and reliable real-world evidence (RWE). The U.S. Food … Read more
In a letter several weeks ago, the man who manages health care benefits for state employees and their families listed a number of ways that a major Oregon-based health insurance company is failing them. Ali Hassoun, director of the Oregon Public Employees Benefits Commission, wrote in a Feb. 26 letter to Providence Health Plan that … Read more
More than 400 hospitals across the country are at high risk of closing or cutting services because of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s “Big and Beautiful Bill,” according to an analysis by the progressive watchdog group Public Citizen. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. … Read more