Patient access in 2026: Cost and complexity reshape the patient journey
Patient access is improving in some areas, but the journey is still being shaped by two major forces: administrative complexity...
Louisiana v. FDA: Access to Mifepristone Back at the Supreme Court
In response to emergency appeals filed by Danco and GenBioPro, on May 4, 2026, Justice Alito issued a one-week administrative...
Consultants brought no ‘meaningful changes’ to hospitals: study
Nonprofit hospitals may have gotten a raw deal on the millions to billions of dollars they spent on management consulting...
What AI Can Do — And What It Can’t
Transcript AI Usage Disclosure: This transcript was created with assistance from AI tools. It was reviewed and edited by KFF Staff. Chip Kahn: Last...
AHA, West Health Institute partner on health tech deployment
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the West Health Institute are embarking on a new three-year initiative to aid healthcare...
Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program Enhance Some Consumer Protections But Roll Back Others
CMS recently finalized policies as part of the 2027 Medicare Advantage final rule that both enhance consumer protections and roll...
Industry Voices—VBC won the policy argument. Now it must deliver
Value-based care has largely won the policy debate in American healthcare. Across Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance, payment...
Recent Changes to Temporary Protected Status Designations: Potential Impacts on Health and Health Care
Introduction The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program was established in 1990 and allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate...
Omada signs on with Optum Rx’s GLP-1 management program
Omada Health has signed on with Optum Rx to participate in its Weight Engage program, furthering the company’s ability to...
Case study: How Columbus Regional Health cut eligibility denials by 41%
“Patient Access Curator gave us data visibility we never had with our prior vendor.” Joyce Predmore, Director of System Patient...
