Ending the Public Health Emergency for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services
This policy watch explores the potential implications of ending the PHE for Medicaid HCBS programs.
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Implications of Navigator Funding Changes on People with HIV: Navigator Perspectives
Issue BriefThis issue brief analyzes funding data and findings from stakeholder interviews with navigators serving people with HIV to assess the potential impact of navigator grant cuts on this population.
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Charges for Emails with Doctors and other Healthcare Providers
Issue BriefPatient-provider email messaging accelerated early in the COVID-19 pandemic as more patients sought medical care remotely, and the addition of billing codes for digital health services and subsequent changes in insurers’ payment policies have enabled providers to bill insurers and patients for messaging. This analysis examines the typical cost of patient-provider email messaging in 2020 and 2021 using private health insurance claims data. The typical cost for an email messaging claim was $39 in 2021,…
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What 2024 Could Bring for Working-Age Adults with Disabilities
News ReleaseAs the 25th anniversary of Olmstead nears, more than one-in-10 working age adults have a disability and most do not receive public disability income. Over one-in-10 working-age adults reported having a disability in 2022. A disability is defined as having difficulty with hearing, vision, cognition, ambulation, self-care, or independent living, according to KFF's examination of data on people with disabilities from the American Community Survey. Fewer than a third of working-age adults with disabilities receive…
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Walgreens and KFF’s Greater Than HIV Join with Community Partners to Offer Free HIV and STD Testing at Record Number of Stores on June 27
News ReleaseDEERFIELD, Ill. & SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2024 – Walgreens and Greater Than HIV, a public information initiative of KFF, are teaming up with health departments and community organizations to offer free rapid HIV testing in more than 550 Walgreens stores on June 27 in the largest coordinated National HIV Testing Day event. Additionally, to address the rising rates of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), free rapid syphilis and/or hepatitis C testing will also be offered…
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State Abortion Policies Affect Care for Pregnancy Loss
Quick InsightsMany physicians fear criminalization if state authorities challenge whether their patients qualify under the narrow and vague exceptions in state bans.
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How Narrow or Broad Are ACA Marketplace Physician Networks?
ReportThis report examines the share of doctors participating in the provider networks of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market in the federal and state Marketplaces in 2021, and how network breadth affected costs for enrollees.
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Costs are a Barrier to Care and Treatment for Many Women
FeatureCosts are a Barrier to Care and Treatment for Many Women Download Source Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: (May 2012
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Many Women Experience Health Care Cost Barriers
FeatureSource Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
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Many Women Rely on Multiple Providers to Address Basic Health Needs
FeatureMany Women Rely on Multiple Providers to Address Basic Health Needs Download Source 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation