by Jessica Casebolt | May 8, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
California lawmakers have fast-tracked legislation to loan out $150 million to hospitals across the state struggling to stay open with promises to provide further support when finalizing the state’s budget next month. The bill, passed last week in California’s senate...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, dropping from its place as the third leading cause in 2020 and 2021 when virus fatalities were superseded only by heart disease and cancer, the National Center for Health Statistics reported...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Seven states have established tax incentives worth up to $10,000 a year for physicians who take on the responsibility of helping train the next generation. These programs improve medical training and bolster the clinical pipeline, said Denise Kornegay, associate dean...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Immigrant adults and children under the age of 65, including those who are undocumented, account for 8 percent of the U.S. population but make up nearly 32 percent of the uninsured population in the country, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and the...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
During the period of continuous Medicaid enrollment (February 2020 – March 2023), the uninsured rate in the US dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, but as of April 1, 2023, several states resumed disenrolling people from Medicaid, leading to concerns over...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 4, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment accounts for just over half of all Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. KFF researchers analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and found that 30.19...
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