Daily Edition for Monday, March 25, 2024
Air-ambulance bills, overwhelmed mental health workers, prisoners dying, Prop. 1, abortion pills, maternity care, and more are in the news.
A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary?
By Molly Castle Work
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn’t medically necessary.
Daily Edition for Friday, March 22, 2024
Dangerous heat, AI eye exams, Prop. 1, overdose deaths, hospital safety, IVF, kids’ mental health, smoking, and more are in today’s news.
Programas de inteligencia artificial diagnostican retinopatía diabética en minutos
By Hannah Norman
En medio de todo el revuelo en torno a la inteligencia artificial en la atención médica, la tecnología de exámenes de la vista está surgiendo como uno de los primeros casos de uso probados de diagnósticos basados en IA en un entorno clínico.
As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge
By Hannah Norman
With artificial intelligence in health care on the rise, eye screenings for diabetic retinopathy are emerging as one of the first proven use cases of AI-based diagnostics in a clinical setting.
Move to Protect California’s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions
By Samantha Young
A years-long process that would have created heat standards for California workers in warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other indoor job sites catapulted into chaos Thursday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration pulled its support. Regulators, saying they felt “blindsided,” approved the regulation anyway. It’s unclear what happens next.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA Turns 14
Saturday marks the 14th anniversary of the still somewhat embattled Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joins host Julie Rovner to discuss the accomplishments of the health law — and the challenges it still faces. Also this week, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Mary Agnes Carey of KFF Health News join Rovner to discuss what should be the final funding bill for HHS for fiscal 2024, next week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging abortion medication, and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’
By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group
Commissioner Martin O’Malley testifies to two Senate panels that his agency will stop the “injustices” of suspending people’s monthly benefits to recover alleged overpayments. The burden will be on the Social Security Administration to prove the beneficiary was to blame.
Daily Edition for Thursday, March 21, 2024
Prop. 1 passes, Medi-Cal for immigrants, a big donation, doctor payments, cybersecurity, biotechnology, drug use, and more are in the news.
California’s Expanded Health Coverage for Immigrants Collides With Medicaid Reviews
By Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano
A state policy to extend Medi-Cal to qualified Californians without legal residency is running up against a federal requirement to resume eligibility checks. The redetermination process is causing many Latinos, who make up a majority of Medi-Cal beneficiaries, to be disenrolled.
