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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our system’s Population Health telehealth team had begun to build systemwide infrastructure in recent years that allowed us to shift much of our care delivery to virtual care. 1 We began by assessing ...

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 ...