More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality
By Harris Meyer
While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.
During In-Flight Emergencies, Sometimes Airlines’ Medical Kits Fall Short
By Vignesh Ramachandran
U.S. airlines have response plans for passengers who run into health issues in flight, but planes carry limited and sometimes incomplete medical supplies that can put travelers at risk.
Listen: Noise Pollution, a Private Equity Lawsuit, and College Health Fees
By Stephanie O'Neill Patison
California Healthline journalists report on a lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare, the medical insurance and health service fees charged by colleges, and how our increasingly noisy lives may harm our health.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes
The year-end spending bill passed by Congress in late December contains a wide array of health-related provisions, including a structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose coverage has been maintained through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is taking steps to make the abortion pill more widely available. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Mark Kreidler, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a billing mix-up that took about a year to sort out.
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 5, 2023
Thursday’s roundup covers storm safety and planning, the swift rise of XBB.1.5, long covid, abortion pills, Medicaid, CPR, and more.
NY Docs Are Now Required to Prescribe Naloxone to Some Patients on Opioid Painkillers
By Michelle Andrews
This strategy — now in place in at least 10 states — is part of an effort to curb accidental opioid overdose deaths by patients who take these powerful medications.
NY requiere que doctores receten naloxona a algunos pacientes que toman analgésicos opioides
By Michelle Andrews
Aunque los titulares son por las muertes por sobredosis de drogas ilícitas vendidas en la calle, el riesgo de sufrirlas también es real para los pacientes que toman opioides recetados por sus médicos.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Wednesday’s roundup covers Medi-Cal contracts, reproductive health, tripledemic cases, covid misinfo, opioids, teen mental health, and more.
Watch: Patient Sent to Collections for Surgery She Never Had
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how difficult a clerical error can be to fix and how patients can respond if it happens to them.
Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation
By Lauren Sausser
As public health departments work on improving their message, the skepticism and mistrust often reserved for covid-19 vaccines now threaten other public health priorities, including flu shots and childhood vaccines.
