The highly fragmented nature of the home care sector often results in delayed access and frustration for seniors hoping to age in place and patients seeking to manage their chronic conditions at home. When Tomorrow Health co-founder and CEO Vijay Kedar was coordinating his mother’s home care after she was hospitalized for a serious lung condition, he realized just how […]
Nursing home surveyors will begin using payroll data to investigate noncompliance with staffing rules, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in guidance issued Wednesday. The agency also states that long-term care facilities must employ at least a part-time infection prevention employee, elaborates on new arbitration requirements and more. The guidance takes effect Oct. 24. The document is part […]
House lawmakers are pushing for more oversight of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans in light of concerns over higher spending, improper claim denials and access to treatment. A number of lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee examined the issue during a hearing that centered around the MA program on Tuesday. “I am deeply concerned with recent reports […]
States Summary of Activity United States Coverage under the Medicaid expansion became effective January 1, 2014 in all states that have adopted the Medicaid expansion except for the following: Michigan (4/1/2014), New Hampshire (8/15/2014), Pennsylvania (1/1/2015), Indiana (2/1/2015), Alaska (9/1/2015), Montana (1/1/2016), Louisiana (7/1/2016), Virginia (1/1/2019), Maine (1/10/2019 with coverage retroactive to 7/2/2018), Idaho (1/1/2020), Utah (1/1/2020), Nebraska (10/1/2020), Oklahoma […]
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) told reporters Wednesday it is his “personal belief” that if a 12-year-old girl is a victim of incest she should still be made to carry a resulting pregnancy to term. “I believe that life begins at conception and every life is valuable. Those are my personal beliefs,” Gunn said. A reporter then asked, “So […]
The “abortion pill” is a bit of a misnomer. Known formally as medical or medication abortion, it is really two separate drugs—mifepristone, which stops the pregnancy from progressing, followed by misoprostol, which triggers uterus contractions—that together mimic what happens in a miscarriage. And so, in the early days of at-home medication abortion in the 1990s in the U.K. and Sweden, […]
“Technology is only as good as the impact it has on both patients and clinicians,” said Chris Altchek, founder and CEO of remote patient monitoring company Cadence. Cadence built its platform based on this idea. The startup, headquartered in New York, seeks to eliminate the burden physicians face due to the huge volume of data collected by RPM technology. Since […]
With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that collect personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance. One fear is that law enforcement or vigilantes could use those data troves against people seeking ways to end unwanted pregnancies. […]
LGBTQ healthcare organization Howard Brown Health (Chicago) is planning a replacement clinic in Chicago. The new five-story 91,000-square-foot project will include clinical and administrative spaces, a rooftop terrace, and underground parking. Retail is planned for the first floor. The project team comprises Eckenhoff Saunders (Chicago; architect), McHugh Construction (Chicago; general contractor), and Inland National Development Company (developer; Oak Brook, Ill). […]
June 29, 2022 Since last week’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, one state after another has outlawed abortion. Illinois is one of the few states in the middle of the country where people can still legally access abortion care. In this report co-produced by PBS NewsHour, KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney traveled from Illinois’ border with Missouri to […]