I am deeply saddened to learn of Jack Wennberg’s death. He had a profound influence on the last 32 years of my career. He was a mentor, a caring friend, and made the largest individual donation to help keep my HealthNewsReview.org project afloat. geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/lege…

Column: As some nursing homes cry poverty, what can be done about increased staffing requirements? latimes.com/california/sto…

⚡️New Report: HCCI’s 2022 annual report examines health care spending, use, and prices from 2018-2022 among the ESI population. In 2022, per-person spending among people with ESI averaged more than $6,700. healthcostinstitute.org/health-care-co…

Context here matters: the $1.3 trillion US hospital sector accounts for 6% of national GDP. According to BLS-Labor Statistics data, since 2000, prices in the hospital industry grew faster than prices in any other sector of the economy!!!

There's still time to join us at 1 pm ET and learn about strategies and data sources for covering the cost of health care!

CMSGov released the final nursing facility staffing rule today. It's similar to the proposed rule w/ one major add - an overall req of 3.48 hours.

KFF finds that ~1 in 5 facs currently meet the final staffing requirements. More on the final rule here: kff.org/policy-watch/n…

Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them. kffhealthnews.org/MTg0MzQyMA via @kffhealthnews

This series is Peak NPR. And I can’t wait for the rest…

Next in our webinar series with Association of Health Care Journalists:
Digging into pricing: What does health care cost?

🗣️Madi Alexander, Jordan Rau, Katie Wilcox & Liz Lucas
🗓️ Wednesday, April 24 ire.org/event/webinar-…

🚨Final nursing home minimum staffing rule will be released later today!
Preview: '...mandate requires that all nursing homes...provide a total of at least 3.48 hours of nursing care per resident per day, including defined periods from RNs and from NAs.'
cnn.com/2024/04/22/pol…

Apparently there is a new website to report to Dept Justice that there is a healthcare monopoly that has impacted your care: justice.gov/atr/HealthyCom…

do you think they have a lost and found

Two heart devices linked to a handful of deaths and hundreds of injuries were recalled Monday. Some patient safety advocates ask: What took the U.S. FDA and Abbott so long to act?
kffhealthnews.org/MTgzOTkyNw via @kffhealthnews w/ Holly Hacker

Breaking: I have accepted a position @NYTimes as Washington investigations editor. I'm grateful for this opportunity to work with the Washington bureau and the NYT's tremendous staff on accountability journalism. And yes, John and I are moving to D.C.

My latest Forbes: The Inconvenient Truth About Medical Debt Relief
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health BSPH / HPM
Neale Mahoney Ray Kluender Francis Wong Wes Yin Matthew Eisenberg Sarah Kliff
forbes.com/sites/gebai/20…

Fantastic study by David Grabowski & Amanda Chen questioning home health agencies self-reported care improvements and raising disturbing Qs about star ratings.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Fabulous accountability journalism from my colleagues!

Congratulations KFF Health News and Cox Media Group, who received the 2024 Goldsmith Awards’ inaugural Government Reporting Prize via Shorenstein Center for their joint reporting on Social Security overpayments in the 'Overpayment Outrage” series: bit.ly/4cCPmJb

'A sign of the times': CMS added two digits to the Medicare claims processing system for hospital and doctor office charges so that it can accommodate prices up to a penny shy of $100 million. statnews.com/2024/04/02/med… via STAT