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 ...

Alameda Health System, the East Bay’s public safety-net hospital system, is proposing about 200 layoffs as executives brace for major reductions in Medicaid revenue.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

New York City Health + Hospitals is the largest safety-net health care delivery system in the United States. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, NYC Health + Hospitals served more ...