KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their ...

Last summer, the Trump administration announced a voluntary pledge by health insurers to reform prior authorization, which ...

Medicare Advantage insurers say a proposal by the Trump administration to keep their payments nearly flat next year may lead to service cuts that harm seniors struggling to afford health care. A ...

U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles ...

Thousands of primary care practices are fighting to remain financially viable and independent. Many are banding together to ...

What's changed, and what hasn't, since President Donald Trump declared the U.S. emergency on March 13, 2020. At the time, nearly 2,000 Americans were infected with the virus. But at-home covid tests ...

Organ procurement organizations and hospitals said the guidelines are already being followed, MedPage Today reported. "Patient care and safety always come first," Jeffrey Trageser, president of the ...

A product named "Volume" from Primal Supplements Group has been pulled off the shelves after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. The ingredient was not listed on the ...

A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies — and other initiatives that have been ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is calling on Congress to rein in spending after it found tens of billions of dollars in overpayments. The insurance industry is pushing back on those findings ...

Florida is not mandated to add work requirements for Medicaid, because the state has not expanded eligibility to more ...

Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for ...