Starting in 2027, work requirements kick in for certain beneficiaries on Medicaid, while new work rules for the SNAP food assistance program took effect on Nov. 1. These reforms mandated by the One ...

Safety-net hospitals, or anchor institutions, must reform themselves in addition to any outside aid received from business leaders and government, the presidents and CEOs of Henry Ford Health and ...

The health care safety net—the patchwork of hospitals, clinics, and health systems that provide care to significant numbers of uninsured, underinsured, and publicly insured patients—provides a ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic health record–based automation tools helped a safety-net health system meet performance-based readmission metrics, thereby retaining critical funding while ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed tragic shortcomings in the American public health system, but it also posed a major challenge to our social safety net programs, from Medicare and Medicaid to ...

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Thousands of patients at Los Angeles County’s safety-net healthcare system have faced extremely long waits to visit specialists, reports the Los Angeles Times. The findings stem from a two-year ...

The president and CEO of a Midwest health foundation relates what she and colleagues have learned thus far from its initiative. Approximately seventy individuals, from hospital and clinic directors to ...

Kaiser Permanente opened its wallet for a $10 million commitment to support a financially struggling Colorado safety net system, according to a Tuesday announcement. Denver Health, a 160-year-old ...

While Florida’s Managing Entities operate with extreme efficiency at a statewide 3% administrative rate, additional ...