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 provide care for millions of vulnerable, uninsured patients burdened by economic hardship. Though they play an integral role in our nation’s health system, these hospitals are ...

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 ...

Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 2024. 232 pp., $26.95 The pages of Health Affairs routinely highlight the systemic shortcomings of the US health system: gaps in coverage, medical debt, claim denials, ...

Because safety-net hospitals play a critical role in providing care to vulnerable populations, they should receive higher Medicaid reimbursements to sustain their financial operations and stimulate ...

Montefiore Health System, which relied heavily on government aid to stay out of debt last year, is making a risky bet: The Bronx-based safety-net system is proposing to take on four more struggling ...

Instead of moving forward with a long-promised modernization of its eligibility software, the Missouri Department of Social Services must focus its time and staff toward meeting sweeping federal ...

America’s broken safety net system has over 80 programs, costs $1.6 trillion annually, and perpetually underperforms. It’s inefficient, costly, and perversely functions like a snare net that traps ...

Health technology navigators share perspectives on barriers to and facilitators of digital health access for older, linguistically diverse patients in a Los Angeles safety-net system. Objectives: ...

Hospital groups warn the 340B rebate pilot would force safety net providers to front tens of millions of dollars for drugs and drain resources from vulnerable patients. The American Hospital ...

Florida has built a unique and effective safety net system to ensure uninsured and underinsured individuals receive critical behavioral health services. After the Parkland tragedy, the Legislature ...